Ryu Shionoya

Ryu Shionoya (Japanese塩 谷 立, Shionoya Ryu, born February 18, 1950 in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture) is a Japanese politician. He is Member of Parliament for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP ) in Shūgiin, the lower house, and former ministers. Within the LDP, he belongs to the Machimura faction.

Life

Shionoya is the son of Shūgiin deputies Kazuo Shionoya. He studied until 1972 at the Ambassador College in Pasadena, California, in 1974, he earned his degree at the Department of Political Science at the Faculty of Law of Keio University.

1990 Shionoya was first elected 3 (4 seats) in Shūgiin in the constituency Shizuoka. In 1995 he was Parliamentary State Secretary in the Department of Management and coordination. After the introduction of Einpersonenwahlkreise Shionoya candidate in the Shūgiin - election in 1996 in the 8th constituency Shizuoka and lost his seat in 1999 he won the constituency in a by-election for the first time, but lost him in the 2000 election again, and did not return until 2003, back into Shūgiin back. In 2009 he was re-elected on the proportional representation block Tokai.

In 2004 he became Secretary of State in the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology ( MEXT ), 2005 Vice-Chairman of the Committee for Parliamentary Affairs of the LDP. Shionoya 2007 was vice chairman of the policy research committee ( PARC ). In Shūgiin Shionoya was a member of various committees, most recently in 2006 he chaired the Committee on Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

In August 2008, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda Shionoya appointed as Deputy Cabinet Secretary, a month later, Fukuda's successor Taro Aso appointed him Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. After his cabinet colleague Nariaki Nakayama had resigned after four days of tenure because of attacks on the Japanese Teachers Union Nikkyōsō, Shionoya offered the Nikkyōsō - traditionally critical of the education policy of the MEXT - a partnership on. He also announced plans for a " moral education " in Japanese schools. He remained until the resignation of the Cabinet Asō in September 2009 Minister.