SHINA Takeshi

• In-House Group: The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Independent
• Elected: Iwate 1st District (single-seat constituency), six times
• Born: October 1966, Morioka, Iwate
• Education:
• Iwate Prefectural Morioka Daiichi High School (Mar. 1985)
• Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo (Mar. 1991)

• Career:
• Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, Ltd. (now Shinsei Bank, Ltd.) (Apr. 1991)
• Sales Manager, Ikebukuro Branch, Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, Ltd.
• Senior Researcher for Relationship Investment, General Fund Department, Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, Ltd.
• Deputy Director, Legal Department, Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, Ltd.
• Retired Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Dec. 2006)
• Senior Researcher, Management Research Office, General Planning Department, Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. (Jan. 2007)
• Retired Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. (May 2007)
• Registered as a Lawyer (Attorney) (Oct. 2003)
• In-House Lawyer (Attorney)
• Vice Chair, Committee on Support for Victims of Crime, Tokyo Bar Association
• First elected to the House of Representatives (Jul. 2007)
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (Sep. 2009)
• Chair, Federation of Iwate Prefecture Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) General Branches (Oct. 2012)
• Director-General, DPJ Executive Office (Dec. 2012)
• Deputy Secretary General, DPJ (Sep. 2014)
• Chair, Policy Research Committee, Democratic Party (Sep. 2017)