Takao Ochi
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Takao Ochi | |
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越智 隆雄 | |
 Official portrait, 2017 | |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 19 December 2012 – 9 October 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Yoko Komiyama |
| Succeeded by | Multi-member district |
| Constituency | Tokyo 6th (2012–2017) Tokyo PR (2017–2024) |
| In office 11 September 2005 – 21 July 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Yoko Komiyama |
| Succeeded by | Yoko Komiyama |
| Constituency | Tokyo 6th |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 February 1964 Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan |
| Party | Liberal Democratic |
| Alma mater | Keio University École Supérieure des Sciences Économiques et Commerciales University of Tokyo |
Takao Ochi (越智 隆雄, Ochi Takao; born 27 February 1964) is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
Ochi is a native of Setagaya, Tokyo. He graduated from Keio University with a degree in economics in March 1986 and from École Supérieure des Sciences Économiques et Commerciales in France in June 1991. He also received a master's degree in the history of foreign affairs in Japanese politics from the University of Tokyo in March 2005.
Political career
He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in September 2005 after running unsuccessfully in 2003. He is affiliated to the revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi.[1][2]
Career
- Banker
- 5 times elected to the House of Representatives (constituency: Tokyo Proportional - Tokyo 6 )
- State Minister of Cabinet Office
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
- Member, Committee on Cabinet, HR
- Areas of interest: fiscal and monetary policy, economic growth strategy, Foreign Affairs and national security
