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Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy

Motohisa FURUKAWA

Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)
Member of the House of Representatives
Constituency: Nagoya, Aichi prefecture (2nd district)

Education:

1988 Graduated from Faculty of Law, the University of Tokyo

Career:

2012 Minister for National Policy
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
Minister for Space Policy
(Reshuffled Noda Cabinet)
2011 Minister for National Policy
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
Minister for Total Reform of Social Security and Tax
Minister for Space Policy
(Noda Cabinet)
2010 Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
(Kan Cabinet/Reshuffled Kan Cabinet)
2009 Secretary General of National Policy Unit, Senior Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office for Economic and Fiscal Policy, Science and Technology Policy, and Government Revitalization
(Hatoyama Cabinet)
2009 Member of the House of Representatives (5th)
2005 Member of the House of Representatives (4th)
2004 Deputy Chairman of the Policy Research Council, DPJ
2003 Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in the DPJ’s Next Cabinet
2003 Member of the House of Representatives (3rd)
2000 Member of the House of Representatives (2nd)
1996 Member of the House of Representatives (1st)
1994 Resigned from the Ministry of Finance
1988 Joined the Ministry of Finance
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