Takamaro Fukuoka

Takamaro Fukuoka
Takamaro Fukuoka
福岡資麿
	Official portrait, 2015
Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 October 2024
Prime Minister	Shigeru Ishiba
Preceded by	Keizō Takemi
Member of the House of Councillors
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 26 July 2010
Preceded by	Hiromi Iwanaga
Constituency	Saga at-large
Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 11 September 2005 – 21 July 2009
Preceded by	Kazuhiro Haraguchi
Succeeded by	Kazuhiro Haraguchi
Constituency	Saga 1st
Personal details
Born	9 May 1973 (age 51); Kawasoe, Saga, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Alma mater	Keio University

Takamaro Fukuoka (福岡資麿, Fukuoka Takamaro, born May 9, 1973) is a Japanese politician from Saga City and member of the Liberal Democratic Party. Fukuoka was elected to the House of Representatives in Saga 1st district in after an unsuccessful run in 2003..^[1] He lost the seat in the 2009 election but was elected to the House of Councillors in 2010. In October 2024, Fukuoka became the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in the Ishiba Cabinet.

Fukuoka graduated from the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law, Keio University in 1996 and joined the Mitsubishi Estate company.^[2]

References

^ 政治家情報〜福岡資麿〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-10-24. Retrieved 2007-10-12.
^ "FUKUOKA Takamaro". Prime Minister's Office of Japan. Retrieved 28 December 2024.

Political offices
Preceded by Keizō Takemi	Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare 2024–present	Incumbent
House of Representatives (Japan)
Preceded by Kazuhiro Haraguchi	Representative for Saga's 1st district 2005–2009	Succeeded by Kazuhiro Haraguchi

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