KIKUTA Makiko

• Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Hokuriku-Shinetsu Bloc (proportional representation), elected nine times


• In-House Group: Centrist Reform Alliance
• 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)
• Acting Secretary General, DPJ
• DPJ Next Cabinet Minister of State for Children/Gender Equality
• Chair, DPJ Financial Committee
• Chair, DPJ Federation of Niigata Prefecture Branches
• Director General, Finance Department, Democratic Party
• 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 Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
• CDP Next Cabinet Minister of State for Policies Related to Children
• Chair of Board Meetings, CDP
• Chair, CDP Federation of Niigata Prefecture General Branches
• Deputy President, Centrist Reform Alliance
• Chairperson, Diet General Meeting, Centrist Reform Alliance Caucus
• Chairperson, Board Meetings, Centrist Reform Alliance
• Director, HR Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs
• Director, HR Standing Committee on Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
• Director, HR Standing Committee on Audit and Oversight of Administration
• 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
• Chair, HR Standing Committee on Discipline