NIKAI Toshihiro

Secretary-General, Liberal Democratic Party
Member, House of Representatives
(Wakayama Prefecture, 3rd electoral district, Elected 12 times)

Born

February 17, 1939 in Wakayama prefecture

Education

1961	Graduated from the Faculty of Law, Chuo University

Career

1961	Secretary to the late Saburo Endo (former Member of the House of Representatives)
1975	Member, Wakayama Prefectural Assembly
1983	Elected to the House of Representatives
1990	Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Transport
1991	Chief Director, Standing Committee on Rules and Administration,House of Representatives, HR Chairperson, Committee on Environment, LDP
1992	Director, Transport Division, Policy Research Council, LDP
1998	Chairperson, Diet Affairs Committee, LDP
1999	Minister of Transport and Director-General of Hokkaido Development Agency (second Obuchi Cabinet)
2000	Minister of Transport and Director-General of Hokkaido Development Agency (Mori Cabinets);
2003	Chairperson, Special Committee on Tourism, LDP
2004	Director-General, Election Bureau, LDP
2005	Chairperson, Special Committee on Postal Privatization, HR Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
2006	Chairperson, Diet Affairs Committee, LDP
2007	Chairperson, General Council, LDP
2008	Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (Fukuda and Aso Cabinets)
2009	Acting Secretary-General, LDP Director-General, Election Bureau, LDP
2011	Chairperson, Comprehensive Research Commission on the Establishment of the Disaster Resilient Japan, LDP
2013	Executive Acting Chairperson, General Council, LDP Chairperson of the Committee on Budget, HR
2014	Chairperson, General Council, LDP
2016	Secretary-General, LDP