Profile of State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Tetsuro FUKUYAMA
Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)
Member of the House of Councilors (Kyoto prefectural constituency, Elected two times)
Biography
| Date | Curriculum Vitae |
|---|---|
| Born on January 19,1962 | |
| 1981 | Graduated from Sagano High School, Kyoto |
| 1986 | Graduated from Faculty of Law, Doshisya University Joined Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. |
| 1990 | Joined the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management |
| 1991 | Experienced a rural development movement in Sri Lanka (Sarvodaya Movement) (Met Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne, the founder of Sarvodaya Movement and one of the Nobel Peace Prize candidates) |
| 1995 | Received master's degree from Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University |
| 1997 | Participated in the 3rd Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP3) in Kyoto as a DPJ coordinator |
| 1998 | Elected to the House of Councilors for the first time (Kyoto prefectural constituency) |
| 1999 | Worked to establish the Act on Special Measures against Dioxins |
| 2001 | Visiting professor (political science), Kyoto University of Art and Design |
| 2002 | Director-General, Local Organization Department, DPJ Representative, Kyoto Prefectural Chapter, DPJ |
| 2003 | Director-General, Manifesto Preparation Committee, DPJ (Prepared the DPJ's manifesto for the general election campaign) |
| 2004 | Elected to the House of Councilors for the second time (Kyoto Prefecture) |
| 2005 | Chair, Committee on Environment, the House of Councilors Director, Research Department, DPJ Chair, the 2nd Sub-Committee of the Constitutional Research Committee, DPJ Director-General, Manifesto Drafting Committee, DPJ |
| 2007 | Chair, the DPJ-Shin-Ryokufukai Policy Board Acting Chair, Policy Research Committee, DPJ |
| 2008 | Secretary-General, the Global Warming Strategy Headquarters, DPJ (Coordinated the drafting of Basic Bill for Global Warming Strategy as a DPJ-initiated legislation) |
| 2009 | State Secretary for Foreign Affairs |
Publication
- "21-seiki Nihon no Haneifu (The 21st century: How Japan should be developed)" with other authors (2000)
- "Minshushugi ga ichido mo nakatta kuni Nihon (Japan: The country which had never enjoyed democracy)" with other authors (2009)
Papers
- "Senkyo Hodo ni tsuite no Ichi Kosatsu (Review on election reporting)" Japanese Association of Electoral Studies Annual Report "Senkyo Kenkyu," No. 20 (2005)
- "Atarashii Seiji Bunka no Sozo to Koshoku Senkyo-ho (Creation of new political culture and the Public Offices Election Law)" Toshi Mondai (monthly journal), June 2006
- "Minshuto Sanin Seishin Kaicho no 'Yoto' wa Tsurai yo Nikki (Diary of hard days as the Chairman of the Policy Board in the House of Councilors, DPJ)" Ronza (monthly journal), December 2007 to August 2008
Family
Married with one son
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