Tetsuro Fukuyama Explained

Tetsurō Fukuyama
Native Name Lang:ja
Office:Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
(Political affairs, House of Councillors)
Primeminister:Naoto Kan
Term Start:8 June 2010
Term End:2 September 2011
Predecessor:Koji Matsui
Successor:Hiroyuki Nagahama
Office1:Member of the House of Councillors
Constituency1:Kyoto at-large
Term Start1:26 July 1998
Predecessor1:Yukio Hayashida
Birth Date:19 January 1962
Birth Place:Tokyo, Japan
Party:CDP (2017–present)
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Website:Official website

is a politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature).

Early life

A native of Tokyo, Fukuyama graduated from Doshisha University and received a master's degree from Kyoto University.

Political career

After running unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 1996, Fukuyama was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1998.

He was Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary from June 2010 to September 2011 in the Kan government.

He was the secretary general of the CDP from September 2020 to December 2021. He currently serves as a member of the CDP “Next Cabinet” (Shadow Cabinet) as shadow minister of security.

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