Tetsuro Fukuyama

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).

Tetsurō Fukuyama
福山 哲郎
Official portrait, 2009
Vice President of the House of Councillors
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 August 2025
President	Masakazu Sekiguchi
Preceded by	Hiroyuki Nagahama
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political affairs, House of Councillors)
In office 8 June 2010 – 2 September 2011
Preceded by	Koji Matsui
Succeeded by	Hiroyuki Nagahama
Member of the House of Councillors
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 July 1998
Preceded by	Yukio Hayashida
Constituency	Kyoto at-large
Personal details
Born	福山 哲郎 (Fukuyama Tetsurō) (1962-01-19) 19 January 1962 (age 63) Tokyo, Japan
Political party	CDP (since 2017)
Other political affiliations	DP 1996 (1996–1998) DPJ (1998–2016) DP 2016 (2016–2017)
Alma mater	Doshisha University Kyoto University
Website	Official website

Early life

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

Political career

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.

References

• 政治家情報 〜福山 哲郎〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-12-08. Retrieved 2007-11-17.

External links

• Official website in Japanese.