TSUCHIYA Shinako

• Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Saitama 16th District (single-seat constituency), elected ten times


• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Born: February 1952, Shinjuku, Tokyo
• Education:
• Faculty of Liberal Arts, University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo

• Career:
• Culinary researcher
• Flower artist
• Visiting professor at multiple junior colleges and universities
• Minister for Reconstruction
• State Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
• State Minister of the Environment
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
• Chairperson, Research Commission on Dietary Education, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
• Deputy Chairperson, LDP General Council
• Deputy Secretary-General, LDP
• Deputy Chairperson, LDP Policy Research Council
• Vice-Chairperson, LDP Public Relations Headquarters
• Director, LDP Publicity and Strategies Division
• Chairperson, LDP Headquarters for Promoting Women’s Active Participation
• Director-General, LDP International Bureau
• Chair, HR Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs
• Chair, HR Special Committee on Consumer Affairs
• Senior Director, HR Standing Committee on Environment
• Chair, Committee for Women Political Leaders Summit in Japan
• Leader, Japanese Delegation to Women Political Leaders Summit in Japan
• President, Japan-Iceland Parliamentary Friendship League
• President, Japan-Laos Parliamentary Friendship League
• President, Japan-Canada Parliamentary Friendship League
• President, Japan-Palau Parliamentary Friendship League
• Chairperson, LDP Research Commission on Consumer Issues