KOKUBA Konosuke

Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Kyushu Bloc (proportional representation), elected five times

• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Born: January 1973, Naha, Okinawa
• Education:
• College of Humanities and Sciences (philosophy), Nihon University (coursework toward a bachelor's degree)
• School of Social Sciences, Waseda University

• Career:
• Present posts:
• Director, HR Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems
• Director, First Cabinet Division, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
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• Past posts:
• Secretary General, Waseda University "Yubenkai" (eloquence club)
• Company worker
• Member, Okinawa Prefectural Assembly (two terms)
• State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
• Special Advisor to the President, LDP
• Director, LDP National Defense Division
• Acting Director, Economy, LDP Trade and Industry Division
• Deputy Director, LDP Youth Division
• Deputy Chairperson, LDP Diet Affairs Committee
• Deputy Secretary-General, LDP
• Chairperson, Federation of Okinawa Prefecture LDP Branches