Ryu Shionoya

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Ryu Shionoya

Ryū Shionoya ( Japanese 塩 谷 立 , Shionoya Ryū ; born February 18, 1950 in Hamamatsu , Shizuoka Prefecture ) is a Japanese politician. He is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the Shūgiin , the lower house, and a former minister. Within the LDP he belongs to the Machimura faction .

Life

Shionoya is the son of Shūgiin MP Kazuo Shionoya. He studied at Ambassador College in Pasadena , California until 1972 , and in 1974 he graduated from the Political Science Department of the Law Faculty of Keiō University .

In 1990 Shionoya was elected to Shūgiin for the first time in the Shizuoka 3 constituency (4 seats). In 1995 he was Parliamentary State Secretary in the Authority for Management and Coordination . Following the introduction of Einpersonenwahlkreise candidate Shionoya in Shugiin-election in 1996 he was in the 8th constituency Shizuoka and lost his seat. In 1999, win the constituency in a by-election for the first time, but lost him in the 2000 election again, and returned in 2003 back into Shugiin back. In 2009 he was only re-elected through the Tokai proportional representation bloc.

In 2004 he became State Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport, Science and Technology (MEXT), and in 2005 he was Deputy Chairman of the LDP Parliamentary Affairs Committee. In 2007, Shionoya was vice chairman of the Political Research Committee ( PARC ). In the Shūgiin, Shionoya belonged to various committees, most recently he chaired the Committee on Land, Infrastructure and Transport in 2006.

In August 2008, Prime Minister appointed Yasuo Fukuda Shionoya as deputy cabinet secretary , a month later Fukuda's successor appointed him Taro Aso to the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology . After his cabinet colleague Nariaki Nakayama resigned after four days in office due to failures against the Japanese teachers' union Nikkyōsō , Shionoya offered the Nikkyōsō - traditionally critical of MEXT's educational policy - a partnership. He also announced plans for "moral education" in Japanese schools. He remained a minister until the resignation of the Aso cabinet in September 2009.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Setsuko Kamiya: Shionoya embraces teachers union, 'morals'. In: The Japan Times. October 1, 2008, accessed October 8, 2008 .
personal data
SURNAME Shionoya, Ryu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 塩 谷 立 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamamatsu , Shizuoka Prefecture , Japan