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  • Name: Shoichi Nakagawa
  • Date of birth: July,19,1953
  • Died: October,4,2009(aged 56)
  • Birthplace: Tokyo
  • Personal Motto: ICHII-SENSHIN’ (heart and soul)
  • Family: Wife (Yuko) and 2 children (a girl and a boy)
  • Hobbies: Reading, Tennis, Working around the house, Gardening, etc.
  • Favorite Foods: Soba, Naga-imo (a kind of Japanese potato), Salad, and Yogurt
  • Favorite Places: Bookstores, Sushi bars, Soba restaurants, Chinese restaurants, Gardening shops,Outdoors, etc.
  • Education:
    • Mar.1978: Graduates from Tokyo University
  • Carrer
    • Apr.1978 ~ Feb.1983: Joins the Industrial Bank of Japan
    • Dec.1983: Elected to the House of Representatives for the first time (now serving his 8th term)
    • Jul.1986: Director, House of Representatives Committee on Finance
    • Jul.1989: State Secretary of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
    • Mar.1990: Director, House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
    • Nov.1991: Chief Director, House of Representatives Committee on Finance
    • Jan.1993: Director, House of Representatives Committee on Budget
    • Aug.1993: Chief Director, House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Director, Agriculture and Forestry Division, LDP Policy Research Council
    • Jan.1995: Deputy Chairman, LDP Policy Research Council
    • Sep.1995: Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Communications
    • Nov.1996: Deputy Chief Secretary of LDP
    • Sep.1997: Acting Chairman, LDP Executive Council
    • Jul.1998 ~ Oct.1999: Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
    • Nov.1999~ Feb.2001: Chairman, LDP Special Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Trade Policy
    • Jan.2000~ Sep.2003: Director, House of Representatives Research Commission on the Constitution
    • Jul.2000 ~ Feb.2001: Chairman, LDP Special Committee on International Fishery Problems
    • Feb.2001 ~ Sep.2003: Chairman, LDP Research Commission on Trade in Agricultural, Forestry and Fishing Products
    • May.2001 ~ Oct.2002: Chairman, LDP Public Relations Headquarters
    • Oct.2002 ~ Sep.2003: Chairman, LDP Party Organization Headquarters
    • Sep.2003 ~ Oct.2005: Minister of Economy Trade and Industry
    • Oct.2005 ~ Sep.2006: Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
    • Sep.2006 ~ Aug.2007: Chairman, Policy Research Council, LDP
    • Aug.2007 ~: menber of committee on fundamental policies
    • Sep.2007 ~: acting chairman of ‘Shisui-kai’ a faction of LDP
    • Sep.2008 ~: Minister of finannce, Minister of state for financial services. Reception of a decoration or order
    • Mey.26,2006: L’ ordre du Merite agricole,Commandeu
    • Oct.3,2009: Senlor third rank Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun