Former Member of the House of Representatives

(8th Terms, Hokkaido 9th District)

DATE of BIRTH : February 11, 1947

EDUCATION

1969 BSc. in Engineering, Tokyo University

1976 Ph.D. in Engineering, Stanford University

Career

1981 Assistant Professor, Senshyu University

1983 Private Secretary to IichiroHatoyama,

Member of the House of Councilors

1986 Elected Member of the House of Representatives

1990 Parliamentary Vice Minister,Hokkaido Development Agency

Jun. 1993 Member, New Party SAKIGAKE (defected from LDP)

Aug. 1993 Vice Chief Cabinet Secretary of Hosokawa Cabinet

Sept. 1996 Co-Leader, the Democratic Party of Japan

Sept. 1997 Secretary General, the Democratic Party of Japan

(under the leadership of President Kan)

April 1998 Deputy Secretary General, the “new” Democratic Party of Japan

(under the leadership of President Kan)

Sept.1999 - Dec. 2002 President of the Democratic Party of Japan

Dec. 2002 - Sep.2004 Member of the Standing Officers Council

Oct.2004 - Sep. 2005 Next Minister of Foreign Affairs (DPJ Next (Shadow) Cabinet)

Oct.2005 - May 2009 Secretary General, the Democratic Party of Japan

May 2009 - June 2010 President, the Democratic Party of Japan

Sep. 2009 - June 2010 The 93rd Prime Minister of Japan

Apr. 2013 President, East Asian Community Institute