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Masaaki TAIRA
Date of birth: February 21, 1967
Place of birth: Tokyo
Educational background:
| Mar. 1989 | Graduated from the School of Law, Waseda University |
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Career:
| Dec. 2012 | Elected for the third time to the 46th House of Representatives (Tokyo 4th district) Parliamentary Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, METI Parliamentary Secretary of Cabinet Office |
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| Nov. 2011 | Triggered the budget screening session of the Diet, as Director of the Committee on Audit and Oversight of Administration, the House of Representatives |
| Jul. 2010 | Formulated the economic policy for the election manifesto for the House of Councilors election in summer, as Director of the Economy, Trade and Industry Division, LDP Vice Minister, Administrative and Civil Servant System Reform, the LDP Shadow Cabinet Director, Committee on Audit and Oversight of Administration, the House of Representatives |
| Aug. 2009 | Elected to the 45th House of Representatives as the second of the list of proportional representation candidates, while defeated in the single-seat district by a narrow margin Director, Economy, Trade and Industry Division, Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP); Director, Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry, the House of Representatives |
| Sep. 2005 | Elected for the first time to the 44th House of Representatives (Tokyo 4th district) |
| Apr. 2005 | Member of the Basic Policy Committee of the Industrial Structure Council, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) |
| Jan. 2003 | President, Junior Chamber International Tokyo |
| Nov. 1996 | President of Yamakuni, as the third generation to inherit the business |
| Nov. 1991 | Joined Yamakuni, a wholesaler trading in the Ota Vegetable and Fruit Market, as the future successor of his family business, after leaving behind the life of an salaried employee |