(As of March 2025)
MAEHARA Seiji
Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Kyoto 2nd District (single-seat constituency), elected 11 times
- In-House Group: Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party)
- Born: 30 April 1962, Sakyo, Kyoto City, Kyoto
- Education:
- Faculty of Law (international politics), Kyoto University
- Studied under Prof. KOSAKA Masataka
- Career:
- Member, Kyoto Prefectural Assembly
- First elected to the House of Representatives (1993)
- Director, Foreign Affairs Division, Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)
- Director, DPJ Defense Division
- (involved in formulating the National Defense Program Guidelines and the Mid-Term Defense Program)
- Senior Director, HR Standing Committee on Rules and Administration
- Chair, Judge Indictment Committee, National Diet
- Chair, HR Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems
- Hatoyama Cabinet:
- Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
- (involved in internationalization of Haneda Airport and revitalization of Japan Airlines)
- Kan Cabinet:
- Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Noda Cabinet:
- Minister for National Policy
- Minister for Ocean Policy
- Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
- Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
- Minister of State for the Nuclear Power Policy and Administration
- Minister of State for Space Policy
- President, DPJ
- Chair, DPJ Policy Research Committee
- President, Democratic Party
- President, Free Education For All
- Co-President, Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party)
- Other:
- Matsushita Institute of Government and Management (8th class)
