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Hatoyama Cabinet (Formed September 16, 2009)
MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS
Kazuhiro Haraguchi
Date of birth: July 2, 1959
Party: DPJ
Electoral district: Lower House; Saga No. 1 (fifth term)
A graduate of the University of Tokyo, Haraguchi started his political career in 1987 as a local assembly member from the Saga prefectural chapter of the LDP.
Before entering politics, Haraguchi attended the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management, a well-known elite training school established by Panasonic Corp. founder Konosuke Matsushita.
He entered national politics in 1996, winning a Lower House seat on the Shinshinto ticket.
Haraguchi joined the DPJ two years later, when Shinshinto disbanded.
In 2005, when the LDP won the Lower House election by a landslide, Haraguchi lost his single-seat race but managed to be elected via proportional representation.
Subsequent changes
- Sep. 16, 09
- Jan. 7, 10
- Feb. 10, 10
- May. 28, 10
