Senior Vice-Minister

Hitoshi GOTO

Date of birth: Jul 22, 1957
Birth Place: Yamanashi Prefecture
Political Party: Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)
Member of the House of Representatives (Elected 3 times)
Constituency: Yamanashi No.3

Education:

Mar.1980 Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Tohoku University

Career:

Feb. 2012 Senior Vice Minister of Cabinet Office for Science and Technology Policy, Space Policy, Nuclear Power Policy and Administration Consumer Affairs and Food Safety, Abduction Issue Promotion of Local Sovereignty and Regional Revitalization Disaster Management, New Public Commons Measures for Declining Birthrate, and Gender Equality (Reshuffled Noda Cabinet)
Jan. 2012 Senior Vice Minister of Cabinet Office (Reshuffled Noda Cabinet)
Sep. 2011 Senior Vice Minister of Cabinet Office (Noda Cabinet)
Sep. 2009 Parliamentary Secretary(Vice Minister), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Aug. 2009 Member of the House of Representatives (3rd)
Sep. 2007 Director of the committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, the House of Representatives
Sep. 2005 Member of the House of Representatives (2nd)
Jan. 2002 Director of the committee on Internal Affairs and Communications, the House of Representatives
Jun. 2000 Member of the House of Representatives (1st)
Mar. 1995 Resigned from the Ministry of Finance
1989- New York Center, JETRO
Apr. 1980 Joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
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