SEKO Hiroshige

Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Wakayama 2nd District (single-seat constituency), elected once

• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Born: 9 November 1962
• Education:
• Tennoji Junior High School Attached to Osaka Kyoiku University
• Tennoji High School Attached to Osaka Kyoiku University
• School of Political Science and Economics (political science), Waseda University, Japan (1986)
• Master's degree, College of Communication, Boston University, USA (1990-1992)

• Career:
• Member, House of Councillors (HC) (five terms)
• Press Division, Public Relations Department, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) Head Office
• Manager, Press Division, Public Relations Department, NTT Head Office (1996)
• First elected to the House of Councillors (1998)
• Chairperson, Federation of Wakayama Prefecture Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Branches
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (2003)
• Chairman, HC Committee on General Affairs (2005)
• Special Advisor to the Prime Minister (2006)
• Senior Director, HC Standing Committee on Rules and Administration (2007)
• Senior Director, HC Standing Committee on Budget (2010)
• Acting Chairperson, LDP Diet Affairs Committee in the HC (2011)
• Chairperson, LDP Policy Board in the HC (2012)
• Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (2012)
• Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (2016)
• Secretary-General for the LDP in the HC (2019)