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Hajime Funada
船田 元
Funada in 2023
Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency
In office 12 December 1992 – 18 June 1993
Prime Minister	Kiichi Miyazawa
Preceded by	Takeshi Noda
Succeeded by	Osamu Takatori
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	Funada Naka
Succeeded by	Hiroko Mizushima
Constituency	Former Tochigi 1st (1979–1996) Tochigi 1st (1996–2000)
Personal details
Born	(1953-11-22) 22 November 1953 Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
Party	Liberal Democratic
Other political affiliations	JRP (1993–1994) NFP (1994–1998)
Alma mater	Keio University

Hajime Funada (船田 元, Funada Hajime; born 22 November 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

• Motoda Hajime (his great-grandfather)
• Naka Funada (his grandfather)
• Kyoji Funada (his great-uncle)
• Sensuke Fujieda (his great-uncle)
• Yuzuru Funada (his father)
• Kei Funada (his wife)

Political positions

• 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

Political affiliations

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

References

• 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 25 October 2007. Retrieved 13 October 2007.

External links

• Official website in Japanese.