HOSONO Goshi

Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Shizuoka 5th District (single-seat constituency), elected nine times

• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Born: August 1971, Ayabe, Kyoto
• Education:
• Faculty of Law, Kyoto University

• Career:
• Researcher, Sanwa Research and Consulting
• Secretary to HR Member
• First elected to the House of Representatives (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)
• DPJ Next Cabinet Deputy Minister of state of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
• 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