FURUKAWA Motohisa

• In-House Group: Democratic Party For the People
• Elected: Aichi 2nd District (single-seat constituency), nine times
• Born: December 1965, Nagoya, Aichi
• Education:
• Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo, Japan
• Studied at School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, USA

• Career:
• Ministry of Finance (resigned in 1994)
• Secretary General, National Policy Unit, Cabinet Secretariat
• State Minister of Cabinet Office (in charge of Government Revitalization Unit, Economic and Fiscal Policy, etc.)
• Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
• Minister for National Policy
• Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
• Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
• Minister for Space Policy
• Chair, Standing Committee on Cabinet, House of Representatives (HR)
• Chair, HR Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems
• Chair, HR Special Committee on Promotion of Science and Technology, and Innovation