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Toshimitsu MOTEGI
Date of birth: October 7, 1955
Place of birth: Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture
Educational background:
| 1983 | Completed Master's Degree at John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University |
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| Mar. 1978 | Graduated from Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo |
Political Career:
| Dec. 2012 | Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Minister of State for the Corporation in support of Compensation for Nuclear Damage Minister in charge of Nuclear Incident Economic Countermeasures Minister in charge of Industrial Competitiveness (2nd Abe Cabinet) |
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| Sep. 2011 | Chairman, Policy Research Council, Liberal Democratic Party |
| Sep. 2010 | Chairman, Public Relations Headquarters, Liberal Democratic Party |
| Aug. 2008 | Minister of State for Financial Services Minister for Administrative Reform Minister for Civil Service Reform (Fukuda Cabinet (Reshuffled)) |
| Sep. 2007 | Chairman, Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare House of Representatives |
| Sep. 2003 | Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs Minister of State for Personal Information Protection Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy (1st Koizumi Cabinet (2nd Reshuffled)) |
| Oct. 2002 | Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (1st Koizumi Cabinet (1st Reshuffled)) |
| Oct. 1999 | Vice-Minister for International Trade and Industry (Obuchi Cabinet (2nd Reshuffled)) |
| Jul. 1993 | Elected to the House of Representatives (Tochigi Prefecture 5th district) (elected 7 times consecutively) |
| 1978-1992 | Marubeni Corporation Political Journalist of the Yomiuri Shimbun Management Consultant, Mckinsey & Company |