Minister of the Environment

Goshi HOSONO

Minister of the Environment, Japan

Date of Birth

21 August 1971

Birth Place

Omi-Hachiman City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Political Party

Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)

Member of the House of Representatives

Education

1995	BA in Faculty of Law, Kyoto University

Career

1995	Sanwa Research and Consulting (currently Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting)
2000	Elected as a DPJ's Member of the House of Representatives (1st term: Shizuoka-7 constituency)
2003	Re-elected (2nd term: Shizuoka-5 constituency)
2005	Re-elected (3rd term: Shizuoka-5 constituency). Acted as Director of the DPJ Executives Office.
2009	Re-elected (4th term: Shizuoka-5 constituency). Appointed as DPJ's Deputy Secretary General (later Acting Secretary General), Chairman of DPJ's Organization Committee and Corporate Issues Committee.
2011	Special Advisor to the Prime Minister, covering social security and taxation reform and parliamentary issues (since March, covering the TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident).
2011	Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety Minister of state for the Corporation in support of Compensation for Nuclear Damage Minister for Power Saving Promotion Minister for the Restoration from and Prevention of Nuclear Accident
2011	Minister of the Environment Minister for the Restoration from and Prevention of Nuclear Accident Minister of state for the Corporation in support of Compensation for Nuclear Damage
2011	Minister of the Environment Minister for the Restoration from and Prevention of Nuclear Accident Minister of State for the Nuclear Power Policy and Administration

Hobbies

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