Background

Nakagawa, Shoichi was born on July 19, 1953 in Hokkaido, Japan.

Education

Graduate Faculty of Law, Tokyo University, 1978.

Career

Joined Industrial Bank Japan, 1978—1983. Member Japanese House Reps, from 1983. Director House of Reps committee on Finance, 1986—1989.

State secretary of agriculture Forestry and Fisheries, 1989—1990. Director House of Reps Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 1990—1991. Chief director House of Reps Committee on Finance, 1991—1993, House of Reps Committee on Agriculture, 1993—1995.

Director Agriculture and Forestry Division, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), 1993—1995, House of Reps Committee on Budget, 1993—1995. Deputy chairman Liberal Democratic Party Policy Research Council, 1995—1996. Chairman House of Reps Committee on Communications, 1995—1996.

Deputy chief secretary Liberal Democratic Party, 1996—1997. Acting chairman Liberal Democratic Party Executive Council, 1997—1998. Minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries Government of Japan, Tokyo, 1998, 2005—2006.

Chairman Liberal Democratic Party Special Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Trade Policy, 1999. Director House of Reps Research Commission on the Constitution, 2000. Chairman LDP Research Commission on Trade in Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing Products, 2001, LDP Party Organization Headquarters, 2002.

Minister economic, trade and industry Government of Japan, 2003—2005, minister finance, 2008—2009.

Achievements

• Shoichi Nakagawa has been listed as a noteworthy Japanese government official by Marquis Who's Who.