Tetsuro Fukuyama

Tetsurō Fukuyama
福山 哲郎
Official portrait, 2009
Vice President of the House of Councillors
Assumed office
1 August 2025
PresidentMasakazu Sekiguchi
Preceded byHiroyuki Nagahama
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
(Political affairs, House of Councillors)
In office
8 June 2010 – 2 September 2011
Prime MinisterNaoto Kan
Preceded byKoji Matsui
Succeeded byHiroyuki Nagahama
Member of the House of Councillors
Assumed office
26 July 1998
Preceded byYukio Hayashida
ConstituencyKyoto at-large
Personal details
BornFukuyama Tetsurō (福山 哲郎)
(1962-01-19) 19 January 1962 (age 64)
Tokyo, Japan
PartyCDP (since 2017)
Other political
affiliations
Alma mater
WebsiteOfficial website

Tetsuro Fukuyama (福山 哲郎, Fukuyama Tetsurō; born January 19, 1962) is a politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature).

Early life

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A native of Tokyo, Fukuyama graduated from Doshisha University and received a master's degree from Kyoto University.

Political career

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After running unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 1996, Fukuyama was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1998.

He was Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary from June 2010 to September 2011 in the Kan government.

He was the secretary general of the CDP from September 2020 to December 2021. He currently serves as a member of the CDP “Next Cabinet” (Shadow Cabinet) as shadow minister of security.

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