FUKUDA Akio

Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Tochigi 2nd District (single-seat constituency), elected seven times

• In-House Group: The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Independent
• Born: April 1948, Kobyaku, Toyooka, Kawachi (now part of Nikko), Tochigi
• Education:
• Faculty of Education, Tohoku University

• Career:
• Manager, Finance Division, General Affairs Department, Imaichi City Hall (now Nikko City Hall)
• Mayor, Imaichi City
• Chairperson, former Nikko Area joint Administrative Affairs Association
• Chair, Japan Association of Young City Mayors
• Governor, Tochigi Prefecture
• Chairperson, Tochigi Prefecture Federation of Land Improvement Associations
• President, Tochigi Prefecture Soba no Sato Council
• Senior Director (ruling parties), HR Standing Committee on Internal Affairs and Communications
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
• Chairperson, Federation of Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan Tochigi Prefecture Branches
• Adviser, International Ninomiya Sontoku Association