NAKATANI Gen

• Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Kochi 1st District (single-seat constituency), elected 13 times


• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Born: 14 October 1957, Kochi City, Kochi
• Education:
• Undergraduate Course (Faculty of Science and Engineering), National Defense Academy

• Career:
• First Lieutenant, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
• Secretary to Minister of Health and Welfare
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for National Land
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Posts and Telecommunications
• Senior Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Home Affairs
• Minister of State, Director General of the Defense Agency
• Minister in charge of Security Legislation
• Minister of Defense
• Special Advisor to the Prime Minister
• Acting Chairperson, Headquarters for the Promotion of Revision to the Constitution, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
• Acting Chairperson, LDP Policy Research Council
• Member, LDP General Council
• Chairperson, LDP Research Commission on Security
• Chairperson, LDP Research Commission on Forestry Management
• Deputy Chairperson, LDP Policy Research Council
• Deputy Secretary-General, LDP
• Deputy Chairperson, LDP Diet Affairs Committee
• Director, LDP Publicity Division
• Director, LDP Party Organizations
• Chair, HR Standing Committee on Internal Affairs and Communications
• Director, HR Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs
• Director, HR Standing Committee on National Security
• Director, HR Special Committee on Humanitarian Assistance for Reconstruction in Iraq; Prevention of International Terrorism and Japan's Cooperation and Support
• Director, HR Special Committee on Anti-Piracy Measures, Prevention of International Terrorism, and Japan's Cooperation and Support

• Other:
• Commended by the House of Representatives for long service (25 years) as a Member of the National Diet in February 2015