Hajime Funada
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Prime MinisterKiichi Miyazawa
Preceded byTakeshi Noda
Succeeded byOsamu Takatori
Preceded byHisatsugu Ishimori
Hajime Funada | |
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船田 元 | |
 Funada in 2023 | |
| Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency | |
| In office 12 December 1992 – 18 June 1993 | |
| Prime Minister | Kiichi Miyazawa |
| Preceded by | Takeshi Noda |
| Succeeded by | Osamu Takatori |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 19 December 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Hisatsugu Ishimori |
| Constituency | Tochigi 1st |
| In office 11 November 2003 – 21 July 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Hiroko Mizushima |
| Succeeded by | Hisatsugu Ishimori |
| Constituency | Tochigi 1st |
| In office 8 October 1979 – 2 June 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Funada Naka |
| Succeeded by | Hiroko Mizushima |
| Constituency | Former Tochigi 1st (1979–1996) Tochigi 1st (1996–2000) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 November 1953 Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan |
| Party | Liberal Democratic |
| Other political affiliations | JRP (1993–1994) NFP (1994–1998) |
| Alma mater | Keio University |
Hajime Funada (船田 元, Funada Hajime; born 22 November 1953) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who serve as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) and a former Minister of Economic Planning. A native of Utsunomiya, Tochigi he attended Keio University both as undergraduate and graduate. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1979.
- 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
