HOSONO Goshi

• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Elected: Shizuoka 5th District (single-seat constituency), eight times
• Born: August 1971, Ayabe, Kyoto
• Education:
• Faculty of Law, Kyoto University

• Career:
• Researcher, Sanwa Research and Consulting
• Secretary to a Member of the House of Representatives (HR)
• First elected to the HR (2000)
• Director, HR Standing Committee on Cabinet
• Director, HR Standing Committee on National Security
• Director, HR Standing Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry
• Director, HR Standing Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
• Special Advisor to the Prime Minister
• Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety;
• Minister of State for the Corporation in support of Compensation for Nuclear Damage;
• Minister of State for the Nuclear Power Policy and Administration;
• Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness
• Minister of the Environment
• Director, Executives Office, Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)
• Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, DPJ Next Cabinet
• Chair, DPJ Organization Committee
• Chair, DPJ Corporate Issues Committee
• Acting Secretary General, DPJ
• Secretary General, DPJ
• Chair, DPJ Policy Research Committee
• Executive Deputy President, Democratic Party