Hirofumi, NAKASONE
Member of the House of Councillors (Senator)
the National Diet of Japan,
elected from Gumma prefectural constituency 5 times
Date of birth: November 28, 1945
略歴
- 1968
- Graduated from Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University.
Asahi Chemical Industry (-1983) - 1983
- Special Assistant to the Prime Minister and the secretary to the president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
- 1986
- Elected as a member of the House of Councillors for the first time (successively elected 5 times to date)
- 1990
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister, Ministry of International Trade and Industry
- 1993
- Chairman, Committee on Commerce and Industry, House of Councillors
- 1997
- Chairman, Committee on Rules and Administration, House of Councillors
- 1998
- Chairman, the LDP' Policy Deliberation Board for the House of Councillors
Chairman, Special Committee on Managing Debts of Japan National Railway Settlement Corporation and Reform of National Forestry Services,House of Councillors - 1999
- Minister of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, and Director-General of the Science and Technology Agency (Obuchi administration)
- 2000
- Minister of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, and Director-General of the Science and Technology Agency (Mori administration) Special Adviser to the prime minister (educational issues)
- 2001
- Chairman, Deliberative Council on Political Ethics, House of Councillors
- 2002
- President of the Judge Impeachment Court
- 2004
- Chairman, Committee on Budget, House of Coucillors
- 2006
- Chairman, Special Committee on Fundamental Law of Education, House of Councillors
- 2007
- Chairman, Committee on Discipline, House of Councillors
Chairman, the LDP' Research Commission on Culture and Tradition - 2008
- Minister For Foreign Affairs (Aso administration)
- 2009
- Chairman, the LDP' Party Ethics Committee
Major parliamentary associations
- Japan-Poland Parliamentary Friendship Association (Chairman)
- Japan-Lithuania Parliamentary Friendship Association (Chairman)
- Japan-Latvia Parliamentary Friendship Association (Chairman)
- Japan-Arab Parliamentary Friendship Association (Chairman)
- Japan-ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Exchange Group (Chairman)
- Japan-New Zealand Parliamentary Friendship Association
Family
Hirofumi Nakasone is married and has a son and a daughter,
son of Yasuhiro Nakasone, former Prime Minister
