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Minister of State for the Nuclear Power Policy and Administration

Goshi HOSONO

Date of Birth: 21 August 1971
Place of Birth: Omi-Hachiman City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Political Party: Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)
Member of the House of Representatives

Background:

2012 Minister of the Enviroment
Minister for the Restoration from and Prevention of Nuclear Accident
Minister of State for the Nuclear Power Policy and Administration
(Reshuffled Noda Cabinet)
2011 Minister of the Enviroment
Minister for the Restoration from and Prevention of Nuclear Accident
Minister of State for the Nuclear Power Policy and Administration
(Noda Cabinet)
2011 Minister of the Enviroment
Minister for the Restoration from and Prevention of Nuclear Accident
Minister of state for the Corporation in support of Compensation for Nuclear Damage
(Noda Cabinet)
2011 Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety
Minister of state for the Corporation in support of Compensation for Nuclear Damage
Minister for Power Saving Promotion
Minister for the Restoration from and Prevention of Nuclear Accident
(2nd Reshuffled Kan Cabinet)
2011 Special Advisor to the Prime Minister, covering social security and taxation reform and parliamentary issues (since March, covering the TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident).
(2nd Reshuffled Kan Cabinet)
2009 Re-elected (4th term: Shizuoka-5 constituency). Appointed as DPJ's Deputy Secretary General (later Acting Secretary General), Chairman of DPJ's Organization Committee and Corporate Issues Committee.
2005 Re-elected (3rd term: Shizuoka-5 constituency). Acted as Director of the DPJ Executives Office.
2003 Re-elected (2nd term: Shizuoka-5 constituency)
2000 Elected as a DPJ's Member of the House of Representatives (1st term: Shizuoka-7 constituency)
1995 Sanwa Research and Consulting (currently Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting)
1995 BA in Faculty of Law, University of Kyoto
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