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Shinji TARUTOKO
Education:
| Mar. 1982 | Graduated from Faculty of Economics, Osaka University |
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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) |
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| 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 |