Career
Born on November 20, 1945 in Hayato-cho, Kirishima City, Kagoshima Prefecture. Kagoshima La Salle High School Business. Managing director of the Kagoshima Prefecture Agricultural Cooperative Union. In July 2004, he was elected as a member of the House of Councilors in the Kagoshima Prefecture regular election. Political Officer of the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Chief Director of the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Committee, Chairman of the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Committee, Chairman of the General Affairs Subcommittee of the House Steering Committee, Chairman of the Settlement Committee, Chairman of the Special Committee on Official Development Assistance, etc. Served as Chairman of the Ethics Committee, Chairman of the Fisheries Division of the Liberal Democratic Party, Acting Chairman of the Political Affairs Research Committee, Chairman of the Livestock and Dairy Farming Countermeasures Committee, Chairman of the Agriculture and Forestry Division, Chairman of the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Disaster Countermeasures Committee, Deputy Director of the Liberal Democratic Party in the House of Representatives, etc.
〇Former Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
(Appointed on December 18, 2020)