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Teru FUKUI
PROFILE OF THE SENIOR VICE MINISTER OF EDUCATION, CULTURE, SPORTS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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Teru Fukui |
Academic and Professional Background
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March 1972 |
Graduated from Nada High School |
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March 1976 |
Graduated from the Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo |
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April 1976 |
Entered the Ministry of Construction (currently the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) |
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August 1999 |
Left the Ministry of Construction (currently the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) |
Political Career
| June 2000 |
Elected to the 42nd House of Representatives (first term) |
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November 2003 |
Elected to the 43rd House of Representatives (second term) |
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September 2005 |
Elected to the 44th House of Representatives (third term) |
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September 2006 |
Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
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August 2009 |
Elected to the 45th House of Representatives (fourth term) |
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October 2011 |
Chairman of the Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems, House of Representatives |
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November 2011 |
Secretary General of the LDP General Advisory Committee for Land Reinforcement |
| December 2012 |
Elected to the 46th House of Representatives (fifth term) |
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December 2012 |
Senior Vice Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
Biography
The Senior Vice Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology was born in December 1953. During his junior and senior high school days he belonged to the volleyball team. After graduating from university, the Senior Vice Minister entered the Ministry of Construction (currently the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism). After serving as Director in Charge of the City Bureau Land Readjustment Project, he was asked to run as a candidate by the LDP Kochi Prefectural Chapter in 1999, whereupon the Senior Vice Minister left the Ministry of Construction. Ever since he was elected for the first time in the 2000 House of Representatives election, the Senior Vice Minister served on various committees such as the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the Committee on Audit and Oversight of Administration, the Committee on Judicial Affairs, the Committee on Security, the Special Committee on Consumer Affairs, the Committee on Land and Transport and the Committee on the Environment.
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Favourite saying / Motto |
Imperturbable heart |
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Hobbies |
Reading |
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Favourite food |
Rice bowl cuisine |
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Family members |
Wife, daughter and son |
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