TSUCHIYA Shinako
Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Saitama 16th District (single-seat constituency), elected nine 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 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 Women's Activity Promotion
- 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 Summit
- President, Japan-Iceland Parliamentary Friendship League
- President, Japan-Laos Parliamentary Friendship League
- President, Japan-Canada Parliamentary Friendship League
- President, Japan-Palau Parliamentary Friendship League
- Director-General, LDP International Bureau