SHIGETOKU Kazuhiko

• Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Tokai Bloc (proportional representation), elected six times


• In-House Group: Centrist Reform Alliance
• Born: December 1970, Aichi
• Education:
• Aichi Prefectural Okazaki High School, Japan
• Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo, Japan
• Master's degree, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, USA

• Career:
• Ministry of Home Affairs (now Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) (1994)
• Served in:
• - Yamagata
• - Aomori
• - Hiroshima
• Fire and Disaster Management Agency
• First elected to the House of Representatives (Dec. 2012)
• Member, HR Standing Committee on National Security
• Member, HR Commission on the Constitution
• Chairperson, Policy Research Committee, Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP)
• Chairperson, CDP Tax System Research Committee
• Chairperson, Diet Affairs Committee, Centrist Reform Alliance
• Director, HR Standing Committee on Discipline
• Chairperson, Chokkan (speaking truth to power) no Kai policy group

• Other:
• Worked as a staff member of the Fire and Disaster Management Agency during the Mid Niigata Prefecture Earthquake; helped rescue a two-year-old boy after a landslide
• Launched festivals, NPOs, and fathers' associations throughout the country
• The first Diet Member to place the word "allergy" in Japanese law
• As CDP Policy Research Committee Chair, worked toward abolishing the provisional gasoline tax at the end of 2025