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Mikio SHIMOJI
Date of Birth: August 14th, 1961
Place of Birth: Hirara City (currently Miyakojima City), Okinawa Prefecture
Constituency: Okinawa 1st District
Personal History/Background:
| October 2012 | Minister for Postal Service Privatization Minister of State for Disaster Management (3rd Reshuffled Noda Cabinet) |
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| June 2010 | Assumed Position as the Secretary General of the Party |
| August 2009 | Re-elected as a Member of the House of Representatives in the 45th House of Representatives Election, assumed position as the Chairman of the Policy Bureau and the Diet Policy Committee Chairman |
| September 2008 | Secession from “Political Party Souzou” and joined the Peoples New Party |
| September 2006 | Reformed “Political Group Souzou” to “Political Party Souzou” |
| December 2005 | Founded Political Group “Souzou” (local Okinawan Political Group) |
| September11th, 2005 | Elected as a Member of the House of Representatives in the 44th House of Representatives Election (3rd Term) as an independent candidate from the Okinawa 1st District |
| 2005 | Secession from the Liberal Democratic Party |
| November 2003 | Lost seat in the 43rd House of Representatives Election |
| June 2000 | Re-elected as a Member of the House of Representatives in the 42nd House of Representatives Election (2nd Term) and appointed as the Parliamentary Vice Minister for the Ministry of Okinawa Development and the Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry |
| August 10th, 1996 | Elected as a Member of the House of Representatives in the 41st House of Representatives Election (1st Term) |
| March 1984 | Graduated from Chuo Gakuin University |