TANI Koichi

• Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Hyogo 5th District (single-seat constituency), elected nine times


• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Born: January 1952, Muraoka (now part of Kami), Mikata, Hyogo
• Education:
• School of Political Science and Economics (political science), Meiji University

• Career:
• Director General, Disaster Prevention Bureau, Hyogo Prefectural Government
• Director, Policy Office, Hyogo Prefectural Government
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
• State Minister for Reconstruction
• Special Advisor to Minister for Reconstruction
• Minister of State, Chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission
• Minister of State for Disaster Management and Ocean Policy
• Minister in charge of Building National Resilience
• Minister in charge of Territorial Issues
• Chairperson, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Hyogo Prefecture House of Representatives 5th Electoral District Branch
• Deputy Secretary-General, LDP
• Deputy Chairperson, LDP Diet Affairs Committee
• Chairperson, LDP Special Committee on Disasters
• Deputy Chairperson, LDP General Council
• Director-General, Information Bureau, LDP Public Relations Headquarters
• Director, LDP Interest Group Policy Division
• Chairperson, LDP Special Committee on Depopulation
• Acting Chairperson, LDP Policy Research Council
• Manager, LDP Research Commission on the Tax System
• Chairperson, Federation of Hyogo Prefecture LDP Branches
• Member in charge of assisting plenary proceedings, HR Standing Committee on Rules and Administration
• Chair, HR Special Committee on Reconstruction after Great East Japan Earthquake
• Chair, HR Standing Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
• Senior Director, HR Standing Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
• Senior Director, HR Standing Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
• Senior Director, HR Standing Committee on Budget
• Chair, HR Special Committee for Regional Revitalization, Policies on Children, and Digital Society Promotion