SAKAMOTO Tetsushi

Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Kumamoto 3rd District (single-seat constituency), elected eight times

• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Born: November 1950, Ozu, Kikuchi, Kumamoto
• Education:
• Faculty of Law, Chuo University

• Career:
• Reporter, Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun
• Member, Kumamoto Prefectural Assembly (four terms)
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
• State Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
• State Minister of Cabinet Office
• Minister of State for Special Missions
• Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
• Acting Director, Internal Affairs and Communications Division, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
• Chairperson, LDP Subcommittee on Vegetables, Fruit Trees and Field Crops
• Chairperson, LDP Subcommittee on Livestock and Dairy Policy
• Deputy Secretary-General, LDP
• Manager, LDP Research Commission on the Tax System
• Acting Chairperson, LDP Party Organization and Campaign Headquarters
• Chairperson, LDP Diet Affairs Committee
• Chair, HR Standing Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
• Senior Director, HR Standing Committee on Internal Affairs and Communications
• Senior Director, HR Standing Committee on Budget
• Senior Director, HR Standing Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries