(As of March 2025)
FURUKAWA Yasushi
Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Kyushu Bloc (proportional representation), elected four times
- In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
- Born: July 1958, Karatsu, Saga
- Education:
- Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo
- Career:
- Ministry of Home Affairs (Apr. 1982)
- Secretary to the Minister of Home Affairs (Sep. 1997)
- Governor, Saga Prefecture (three consecutive terms from Apr. 2003)
- First elected to the House of Representatives in December. 2014 (now in fourth consecutive term)
- Deputy Chief Secretary, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Research Commission on Persons and Children with Disabilities (2015)
- Deputy Chief Secretary, LDP Research Commission on info-Communications Strategy (2016)
- Head, Project Team on the Support for Persons with Developmental Disabilities, LDP Research Commission on Persons and Children with Disabilities (2017)
- Deputy Director, LDP Women's Affairs Division (2019)
- Chief Secretary, LDP Research Commission on Local Government Administration (2019)
- Chief Secretary, LDP Project Team to Preserve Rice Terrace (2019)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (Sep. 2020)
- Manager, LDP Research Commission on the Tax System (Nov. 2021)
- Chairperson, Committee on Organizations Involved with Public Finance, Finance and Securities, Interest Group Policy Division, LDP Party Organization and Campaign Headquarters (Nov. 2021)
- Deputy Chief Secretary, LDP Special Committee on Nuclear Regulations (Nov. 2021)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Aug. 2022)
- Acting Director, LDP Agriculture and Forestry Division (Sep. 2023)
- Chairperson, Committee on Livestock and Dairy Policy Committee, LDP Agriculture and Forestry Division (Sep. 2023)
