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| Lyon Summit Information |
Minister of International Trade and Industry
Shunpei Tsukahara
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A Personal Chronology
| March 12, 1947 | Born in Ibaraki Prefecture. |
| 1969 | Graduates from the Faculty of Politics and Economics of Seikei University. |
| 1976 | Elected for the first time to the House of Representatives (H.R.). Is now serving his seventh term. |
| 1982 | Appointed Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance. |
| 1983 | Appointed Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Labor. |
| 1986 | Appointed Vice-Chairman,
National Organization Committee, Liberal Democratic Party
(LDP). Appointed Director General, LDP Research Bureau. |
| 1987 | Appointed Chairman, H.R. Committee on Communications. |
| 1990 | Appointed Minister of Labor. |
| 1991 | Appointed Vice-Chairman, LDP Policy Research Council. |
| 1992 | Appointed Chairman, LDP National Organization Committee. |
| 1993 | Appointed Director General, LDP Treasury Bureau. |
| 1995 | Appointed Chairman, LDP
Finance Committee. Appointed Chairman, LDP Party Reform Headquarters. |
| Jan. 1996 | Appointed Minister of International Trade and Industry. |
| Feb. 1996 | Attends Meeting of Asian
Economic Ministers in Preparation for the Asia-Europe
Meeting in Chiang Rai, Thailand. Attends Asia-Europe Meeting in Bangkok. |
| Apr. 1996 | Attends Japan-European Union Ministerial Meeting in Brussels. |
| May 1996 | Attends Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Ministerial Meeting in Paris. |
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