FURUYA Keiji

• Chair, Commission on the Constitution, House of Representatives


• Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Gifu 5th District (single-seat constituency), elected 13 times


• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Born: 1 November 1952, Chiyoda, Tokyo
• Education:
• Faculty of Economics, Seikei University

• Career:
• Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited (1976)
• Secretary to ABE Shintaro, Minister for Foreign Affairs
• Secretary to Minister of Home Affairs
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Justice
• State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
• Minister of State, Chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission
• Minister in charge of the Abduction Issue
• Minister in charge of Building National Resilience
• Minister of State for Disaster Management
• Director, Youth Division, Party Organization and Campaign Headquarters, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
• Director, LDP Communications Division
• Deputy Chairperson, LDP Diet Affairs Committee
• Chairperson, LDP Public Relations Headquarters
• President, LDP Central Institute of Politics
• Chairperson, LDP Headquarters for Party and Political System Reform Implementation
• Chairperson, LDP Headquarters for North Korean Abductions
• Executive Acting Chairperson, LDP Policy Research Council
• Chairperson, LDP Headquarters for the Realization of Revision to the Constitution
• Chairperson, LDP Election Strategy Committee
• Chair, HR Standing Committee on Commerce and Industry
• Chair, HR Standing Committee on Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
• Chair, HR Standing Committee on Rules and Administration

• Other:
• Commended by the House of Representatives for long service (25 years) as a Member of the National Diet in February 2015