NISHIME_Kosaburo

NISHIME Kosaburo

Chair, Special Committee on Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Investigation of Nuclear Power Issues, House of Representatives

Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Okinawa 4th District (single-seat constituency), elected seven times

In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party

Born: August 1954, Naha, Okinawa

Education:

Faculty of Economics, Sophia University, Japan

Studied at Graduate school, Tulane University, USA

Career:

Okinawa Development Finance Corporation

Secretary to NISHIME Junji, Governor of Okinawa

Member, Okinawa Prefectural Assembly (four terms)

Chairperson, Federation of Okinawa Prefecture Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Branches

First elected to the House of Representatives (2003)

Special Member, National Land Council, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

State Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications

State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry

Minister for Reconstruction (2021)

Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs (2021)

Vice-Chairperson, LDP Committee on Organizations Involved with Public Finance, Finance and Securities

Vice-Chairperson, LDP Committee on Organizations Involved with the Environment

Vice-Chairperson, LDP Committee on Organizations Involved with Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Vice-Chairperson, LDP Committee on Organizations Involved with Commerce, Industry and Medium and Small Sized Enterprises

Vice-Chairperson, LDP Committee on Organizations Involved with National Security

Chairperson, LDP Committee on Organizations Involved with Transport and Transportation

Director, LDP Foreign Affairs Division

Director, LDP Agriculture and Forestry Division

Deputy Chairperson, LDP Diet Affairs Committee

Acting Director, LDP Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Division

Director, LDP Internal Affairs and Communications Division

Deputy Chairperson, LDP Research Commission on Regional Revitalization Strategy

Executive Acting Chairperson, LDP Research Commission for the Promotion and Development of Okinawa

Deputy Chairperson, LDP Research Commission on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise and Small Business

Deputy Chairperson, LDP Research Commission on Local Government Administration

Deputy Chairperson, LDP Research Commission on Comprehensive Energy Strategy

Deputy Secretary-General, LDP

Acting Secretary-General, LDP

Vice-Chairperson LDP Party Organization and Campaign Headquarters

Director, HR Standing Committee on Fundamental National Policies

Director, HR Standing Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Director, HR Special Committee on North Korean Abductions and Other Issues

Director, HR Standing Committee on Rules and Administration

Director, HR Standing Committee on Budget

Director, HR Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems

Chair, HR Standing Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Chair, HR Standing Committee on National Security

Senior Director, HR Standing Committee on Cabinet