SHIMOMURA Hakubun

• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Elected: Tokyo 11th District (single-seat constituency), nine times
• Born: 23 May 1954, Kurabuchi, Gunma-gun, Gunma
• Education:
• School of Education, Waseda University

• Career:
• Member, Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly (two terms)
• Chairperson, Welfare and Education Committee, Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
• Vice-President, Ashinaga Foundation (organization to provide education and support for orphaned students)
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Justice
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
• Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
• Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
• Minister in Charge of Education Rebuilding
• Minister for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games
• Director, Youth Division, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
• Special Advisor to the President, LDP
• Deputy Secretary-General for Special Missions, LDP
• Executive Acting Secretary-General, LDP
• Chairperson, LDP Headquarters for the Promotion of Revision of the Constitution
• Chairperson, LDP Election Strategy Committee
• Chairperson, LDP Policy Research Council
• Director, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives (HR)
• Director, HR Standing Committee on Rules and Administration
• Chair, HR Standing Committee on Judicial Affairs