About Us
Minister of the Environment
Koichi YAMAMOTO
Minister of the Environment, Japan
- Date of Birth:
- Sep 4, 1947
- Place of Birth:
- Ehime, Japan
- Constituency:
- Ehime 4, Elected eight times
Education
- 1970
- Graduated from Keio University (Bachelor of Economics)
Career
- 1970
- Joined Kansai Kisen Co., Ltd.
- 1973
- Joined Seiun Kisen Co., Ltd. (1981 Chief Executive Officer)
- 1991
- Elected to the Ehime Prefectural Assembly for the first time
- 1993
- Elected to the House of Representative (HOR) for the first time (40th Election)
- 1996
- Elected to the HOR (41st Election)
- 1997
- Parliamentary Secretary for Environment (Hashimoto Cabinet)
- 1999
- Director, Environment Division, Liberal Democratic Party(LDP)
- 2000
- Elected to the HOR (42nd Election)
- 2001
- Deputy Chairman, Diet Affairs Committee, LDP
- 2002
- Deputy Chairman, Policy Research Council, LDP
- 2003
- Elected to the HOR (43rd Election)
- Chairman of Committee on Cabinet, HOR
- 2004
- State Minister of Internal Affairs and Communication (Koizumi Cabinet)
- Chairman, Federation of Ehime Prefecture Liberal Democratic Party Branches
- 2005
- Elected to the HOR (44th Election)
- Deputy Secretary-General, LDP
- 2006
- Chief Director of Committee on Environment, HOR
- Chief Director of Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, HOR
- 2008
- Chief Director of Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, HOR
- Chairman, Committee on Mountain Villages Promotion, LDP
- Chairman, Comprehensive Research Commission on the Fisheries, LDP
- Deputy Chairman, General Council, LDP
- 2009
- Elected to the HOR (45th Election)
- Chairman of the Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems, HOR
- 2010
- Chief Director, Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, LDP
- Director, Land, Infrastructure and Transport Division, LDP
- Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Shadow Cabinet, LDP
- 2012
- Elected to the HOR (46th Election)
- Chairman, Research Commission on Environment and Global Warming
- Countermeasures, LDP
- Chairman, Federation of Ehime Prefecture Liberal Democratic Party Branches
- 2013
- Chairman of the Committee on Fundamental National Policies, HOR
- Chairman, Subcommittee on Fisheries Basic Policy, LDP
- 2014
- Elected to the HOR (47th Election)
- Chairman, Political Ethics Hearing Committee, LDP
- 2015
- Member of the National Land Council
- 2016
- Chairman of the Deliberative Council on Political Ethics, HOR
- Minister of the Environment (Abe Cabinet)
- Minister of state for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness
Hobbies
- Reading historical novels, Golf
Family
- Wife, a son, four daughters, six grandchildren
