SHIGETOKU Kazuhiko
Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Aichi 12th District (single-seat constituency), elected five times
- In-House Group: The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Independent
- Born: December 1970, Aichi
- Education:
- Aichi Prefectural Okazaki High School
- 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)6
- Assigned to Yamagata, Aomori and Hiroshima Prefectures
- Fire and Disaster Management Agency ()
- First elected to the House of Representatives (Dec. 2012)
- Member, HR Standing Committee on National Security
- Member, Commission on the Constitution
- Chairperson, Policy Research Committee, Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP)
- Chairperson, Federation of CDP Aichi Prefecture Branches
- Chairperson, Policy Group of Straight Advice "Chokkan-no-kai"
- Other:
- Worked as a staff member of the Fire and Disaster Management Agency during the Mid Niigata prefecture Earthquake, rescuing a 2-year-old boy at the site of a landslide
- Launched festivals, NGOs, and fathers' associations throughout the country, as well as the "Network of Public Officials Venturing Out into the Community" (Over 2,000 members)NPO
- First to place the word "allergy" in Japanese law