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Minister of State for Promotion of Local Sovereignty

Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
Minister of State for Promotion of Local Sovereignty

Shinji TARUTOKO

Education:

Mar. 1982 Graduated from Faculty of Economics, Osaka University

Career:

Oct. 2012 Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
Minister of State for Promotion of Local Sovereignty
Minister for Regional Revitalization
(3rd Reshuffled Noda Cabinet)
Aug. 2011 Acting Secretary General, DPJ
Oct. 2010 Chairman, the HR Committee on Fundamental National Policies
Jun. 2010 Chairman of the Diet Affairs Committee, DPJ
Sep. 2009 Chairman, the Committee on Environment, HR
Aug. 2009 Elected to the HR (5th term)
May. 2004 Chairperson, Community Interaction Committee, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)
Nov. 2003 Elected to the HR (4th term)
Jun. 2000 Elected to the HR (3rd term)
Oct. 1996 Elected to the HR (Second term)
Jul. 1993 Elected for the first time as member of the House of Representatives (HR)
Apr. 1982 Entered the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management
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