Akio Fukuda

Governor of TochigiIn office
9 December 2000 – 8 December 2004Preceded byFumio WatanabeSucceeded byTomikazu FukudaMember of the House of RepresentativesAssumed office
11 September 2005ConstituencyTochigi-2nd (2009-2012, 2014-present)
Kita-Kantō PR (2005-2009, 2012-2014)Mayor of ImaichiIn office
21 April 1991 – 20 September 2000Preceded byMasajirō InoseSucceeded byFumio Saitō Personal detailsBorn (1948-04-17) 17 April 1948 (age 76)
Kawachi District, TochigiPolitical partyConstitutional DemocraticOther political
affiliationsDP (2016-2018, split)
DPJ (2005-2016, merger)
Independent (until 2005)Alma materTohoku UniversityWebsiteOfficial website

Akio Fukuda (福田 昭夫, Fukuda Akio, born 17 April 1948) is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Imaichi, Tochigi and graduate of Tohoku University, he joined the city government of Imaichi in 1971 and became the mayor of the city in 1991, serving for three terms. He was elected to be the governor of Tochigi Prefecture in 2000 but lost his re-election in 2004. In 2005, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time.

References

• "Diet Profile" 政治家情報 〜福田 昭夫〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 25 October 2007. Retrieved 12 October 2007.

External links

• Official website in Japanese.