RYU Hirofumi

• Chair, Special Committee on Consumer Affairs, House of Representatives


• Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Minami Kanto Bloc (proportional representation), elected nine times


• In-House Group: Centrist Reform Alliance
• Born: 3 January 1965, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka
• Education:
• Faculty of Letters, Keio University

• Career:
• TV Asahi Corporation
• - Spot Sales Department
• - Political Department, News Division
• - Correspondent for the Prime Minister's Official Residence
• - Chief correspondent for opposition parties
• - Chief correspondent for the Liberal Democratic Party
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
• State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
• Chair, Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Kanagawa Prefecture 9th Electoral District Branch
• Chair, Federation of DPJ Kanagawa Prefecture Branches
• Senior Deputy Secretary-General, DPJ
• Senior Deputy Chair, DPJ Election Campaign Committee
• Senior Deputy Chair, DPJ Diet Affairs Committee
• Senior Deputy Chair, Diet Affairs Committee, Democratic Party
• Chairperson, Diet Affairs Committee, The Party of Hope
• Chairperson, Diet Affairs Committee, Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
• Senior Director, HR Standing Committee on Rules and Administration
• Chair, HR Special Committee on Promotion of Science and Technology, and Innovation