Akio Fukuda Explained

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.

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