Hajime Funada

Hajime Funada
Hajime Funada
船田元
	Funada in 2023
Member of the House of Representatives
	Incumbent
	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	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Hiroko Mizushima
Constituency	Former Tochigi 1st (1979–1996); Tochigi 1st (1996–2000)
Personal details
Born	22 November 1953 (age 71); Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Other political; affiliations	Japan Renewal; New Frontier
Alma mater	Keio University

Hajime Funada (船田元, Funada Hajime, born November 22, 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.

Family

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

Funada is affiliated to the following right wing groups in the Diet:

Diet Member Alliance for Enacting a New Constitution (新憲法制定議員同盟 – Shinkenpou seitei giin doumei)
Conference of parliamentarians on the Shinto Association of Spiritual Leadership (神道政治連盟国会議員懇談会 - Shinto Seiji Renmei Kokkai Giin Kondankai) - NB: SAS a.k.a. Sinseiren, Shinto Political League

LDP website: Funada Hajime: jimin.jp/english/profile/members/120805.html (retrieved 20150205)
政治家情報〜船田元〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2007-10-13.