Koichiro Gemba
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan
| Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) |
| Member of the House of Representatives |
| Fukushima Prefecture, 3rd District (elected six times) |
Born on 20 May, 1964 in Tamura City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
| 1987 | Graduated from Faculty of Law, Sophia University, and became a trainee of the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management |
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| 1991 | Elected to the Fukushima Prefectural Assembly |
| 1993 | Elected to the House of Representatives for the first time as an independent for the former Fukushima Prefecture 2nd District (40th General Election) |
| 1993 | Joined the New Party Sakigake, sympathizing with the party’s political ideal and policy |
| 1996 | Took part in the foundation of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) |
| Presently in his sixth term as the member of the House of Representatives. Served in the House as Chairman of the Committee on Financial Affairs, Senior Director of Committee on Foreign Affairs, Senior Director of Committee on Budget, Chairman of Special Committee on Children and Youth Affairs, Senior Director of Committee on Rules and Administration, etc. Served in the DPJ as the Next Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, Chair of Election Campaign Committee, Deputy Secretary General, Chairman of Decentralization Research Committee, Chairman of Regional Sovereignty and Regulatory Reform Research Committee, etc |
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| Jun. 2010 | Minister of State for Civil Service Reform Minister of State for the New Public Commons Minister of State for Social Affairs, and Gender Equality (Kan Cabinet) |
| Chair, DPJ Policy Research Committee | |
| Sep. 2010 | Minister of State for National Policy Minister of State for the New Public Commons (Reshuffled Kan Cabinet) |
| Jan. 2011 |
Minister for National Policy Minister of State for the New Public Commons Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy Minister for Space Policy (Second-Reshuffled Kan Cabinet) |
| Sep. 2011 | Minister for Foreign Affairs (Noda Cabinet) |
| Jan. 2012 | Minister for Foreign Affairs (Reshuffled Noda Cabinet) |
