Tadahiko Ito

Tadahiko Ito
伊藤 忠彦
Official portrait, 2024
Minister for Reconstruction
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 October 2024
Prime Minister	Shigeru Ishiba
Preceded by	Shinako Tsuchiya
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 December 2012
Preceded by	Yutaka Banno
Constituency	Aichi 8th (2012–2024) Tōkai PR (2024–present)
In office 12 September 2005 – 21 July 2009
Preceded by	Yutaka Banno
Succeeded by	Yutaka Banno
Constituency	Aichi 8th
Member of the Aichi Prefectural Assembly
In office 30 April 1999 – 30 August 2005
Constituency	Chita City
Personal details
Born	(1964-07-11) 11 July 1964 (age 60) Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Other political affiliations	New Party Sakigake
Alma mater	Waseda University

Tadahiko Ito (伊藤 忠彦, Itō Tadahiko, born July 11, 1964) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).

Early life

Ito is a native of Nagoya, Aichi and graduated from Waseda University. He began his political career by serving in the Aichi Prefectural Assembly from 1999 to 2005 and was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2005. He has since been re-elected multiple times. In October 2024, he was appointed Minister for Reconstruction in the cabinet of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. His areas of focus include disaster prevention, environmental policy, and public infrastructure development.^[1]"

Political career

Ito was elected to the first of his two terms in the Aichi Prefectural Assembly in 1999 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005, representing the Aichi 8th constituency. He lost the seat in the 2009 election but was reelected in 2012. As of 2024, he remains a member of the House of Representatives, holding a seat as a Tōkai proportional representation member.

In October 2024, Ito was appointed Minister for Reconstruction in the Shigeru Ishiba cabinet. He is part of the group of incoming representatives commonly referred to as the “Koizumi Children.”^[2][3]

See also

• Koizumi Children

References

• 政治家情報 〜伊藤 忠彦〜. www.senkyo.janjan.jp/ ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-12-03. Retrieved 2007-10-16.

External links

• Official website in Japanese.

1. "Tadahiko Ito – Minister for Reconstruction". Prime Minister's Office of Japan.
2. "Tadahiko Ito – Minister for Reconstruction". Prime Minister's Office of Japan.
3. "Tadahiko Ito – Profile". The Liberal Democratic Party.