Profile of Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Shuji KIRA
Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)
Member of the House of Representatives (1st district, Oita Prefecture) (elected three times)
Biography
| Date | Curriculum Vitae |
|---|---|
| March 16, 1958 | Born in Oita Prefecture |
| March 1976 | Graduated from Oita Maizuru High School |
| March 1980 | Graduated from Course of Politics, Faculty of Law, the University of Tokyo |
| April 1980 | Joined Nissho Iwai Corporation |
| 1984 | Studied at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil |
| 1989 | Seconded to Oita Prefectural Government (Worked at the sections of commerce and industry, local development and agricultural administration) |
| 1991 | Returned to the Department of Electric Power Project, Nissho Iwai Corporation |
| 1995 | New York Office of Nissho Iwai American Corporation, Director of Industrial Project Department (five and half years) (Completed over 150 overseas business trips, the equivalent of 80 trips around the globe, during his tenure at Nissho Iwai) |
| March 2002 | Decided to pursue a political career and resigned Nissho Iwai after 22 years of service |
| April 2003 | Ran in the election for the Governor of Oita Prefecture (Advocated election reform in the campaign, he contended the election with grass-root campaign. Although he lost by a narrow margin, this experience was the start of his political career.) |
| November 2003 | Elected in the general election to the House of Representatives for the first time after a grass-root campaign without party affiliation (1st district, Oita Prefecture) |
| November 2004 | Joined the DPJ (To devote himself to a change of the ruling party) |
| September 2005 | Elected for the second consecutive term as a member of the House of Representatives in the general election (Elected despite an adverse political climate against the DPJ) |
| 2006 | Assumed the DPJ representative of the Oita Prefectural Chapter |
| 2009 | Elected as a member of the House of Representatives in the general election (Third consecutive term) Assumed the position of Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Yukio Hatoyama cabinet that finally achieved a change of government. |
| 2010 | Reassumed the position of Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (Kan Cabinet) |
Career in the Party
- Senior Vice-Minister, Cabinet Office of the Next Cabinet
- Principal Under-Secretary-General
- Vice Chairman of the Policy Research Committee
- Deputy Director of the Board
- Deputy Director of the International Department
Affiliated Committee at the Diet
- Budget Committee
- Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Committee on Economy, Trade, and Industry
- Committee on Cabinet
- Special Committee on Assistance to Iraq
- Special Committee on Fundamental National Policies
- Special Committee on Audit and Oversight of Administration
Publications
SENKYO KAKUMEI: Warera Kaku Tatakaeri, Mammoth ni Tachimukatta Kusa no Ne no Tatakai (Election Revolution: How we battled, Our Grassroots Battle Against a Mammoth)
Hobbies
Sports, adventure travel, reading
Personal motto
"Be in charge of your own success without listening to what other people say."
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