(As of March 2025)
KIKUTA Makiko
Chair, Standing Committee on Discipline, House of Representatives
Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Niigata 2nd District (single-seat constituency), elected eight times
- In-House Group: The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Independent
- Born: 24 October 1969, Kamo, Niigata
- Education:
- Niigata Prefectural Kamo High School, Japan
- Studied at Heilongjiang University, China
- Career:
- Member, Kamo City Council (two terms)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Vice Chair, Policy Research Committee, Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)
- Chair, DPJ Women's Committee
- Acting Secretary-General, DPJ
- DPJ Next Cabinet Minister of Measures for Declining Birthrate and Gender Equality
- Senior Deputy Secretary-General, DPJ
- Chair, DPJ Financial Committee
- Chair, Federation of DPJ Niigata Prefecture General Branches
- Director-General, Financial Department, Democratic Party (DP)
- Chair, DP Gender Equality Promotion Headquarters
- DP Next Cabinet Minister of state of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- Senior Deputy Secretary-General (Chief), Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP)
- Director, CDP Office of National Campaigns
- Chairperson, CDP Diet Affairs Committee
- Chairperson, CDP Ethics Committee
- Deputy Director-General, CDP Office for Measures on North Korean Abductions
- CDP Next Cabinet Minister of state of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- CDP Next Cabinet Minister of State for Policies Related to Children
- Chair, CDP Board Meetings
- Chair, Federation of CDP Niigata Prefecture Branches
- Director, HR Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Director, HR Standing Committee on Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- Director, HR Special Committee on Children and Youth Affairs
- Director, HR Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems
- Chair, HR Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems
