is a Japanese
politician
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of the
Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the
House of Representatives
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in the
Diet
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Food
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(national legislature) and a former
Minister of Economic Planning. A native of
Utsunomiya, Tochigi
is the prefectural capital city of Tochigi Prefecture in the northern Kantō region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 519,223, and a population density of . The total area of the city is . Utsunomiya is famous for its ''gyoza'' ...
he attended
Keio University
, mottoeng = The pen is mightier than the sword
, type = Private research coeducational higher education institution
, established = 1858
, founder = Yukichi Fukuzawa
, endowmen ...
both as undergraduate and graduate. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1979.
Family
*
Motoda Hajime (his great-grandfather)
*Naka Funada (his grandfather)
*Kyoji Funada (his great-uncle)
*Sensuke Fujieda (his great-uncle)
*Yuzuru Funada (his father)
*Kei Funada (his wife)
Political positions
*parliamentary vice-minister of education
*parliamentary vice-minister of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications
*Director General of the Economic Planning Agency
*Acting Chairman, Headquarters for the Promotion of Revision to the Constitution
Political affiliations
Funada is affiliated to the following right wing groups in the Diet:
*Diet Member Alliance for Enacting a New Constitution (新憲法制定議員同盟 – Shinkenpou seitei giin doumei)
*Conference of parliamentarians on the Shinto Association of Spiritual Leadership (神道政治連盟国会議員懇談会 - Shinto Seiji Renmei Kokkai Giin Kondankai) - NB: SAS a.k.a. Sinseiren, Shinto Political League
References
*LDP website: Funada Hajime
jimin.jp/english/profile/members/120805.html(retrieved 20150205)
*
External links
* in Japanese.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Funada, Hajime
Living people
1953 births
People from Utsunomiya, Tochigi
Keio University alumni
Members of the House of Representatives (Japan)
Economic planning ministers of Japan
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians
21st-century Japanese politicians