Akio Fukuda | |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Office: | Governor of Tochigi |
Term Start: | 9 December 2000 |
Term End: | 8 December 2004 |
Predecessor: | Fumio Watanabe |
Successor: | Tomikazu Fukuda |
Office1: | Member of the House of Representatives |
Term Start1: | 11 September 2005 |
Constituency1: | Tochigi-2nd (2009-2012, 2014-present) Kita-Kantō PR (2005-2009, 2012-2014) |
Office2: | Mayor of Imaichi |
Term Start2: | 21 April 1991 |
Term End2: | 20 September 2000 |
Predecessor2: | Masajirō Inose |
Successor2: | Fumio Saitō |
Birth Date: | 17 April 1948 |
Birth Place: | Kawachi District, Tochigi |
Party: | Constitutional Democratic |
Otherparty: | DP (2016-2018, split) DPJ (2005-2016, merger) Independent (until 2005) |
Alma Mater: | Tohoku University |
Website: | Official website |
is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Imaichi, Tochigi and graduate of Tohoku University, he joined the city government of Imaichi in 1971 and became the mayor of the city in 1991, serving for three terms. He was elected to be the governor of Tochigi Prefecture in 2000 but lost his re-election in 2004. In 2005, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time.