Mamoru Fukuyama
Mamoru Fukuyama | |
|---|---|
福山 守 | |
 Official portrait, 2025 | |
| Member of the House of Councillors | |
| Assumed office 29 July 2025 | |
| Constituency | National PR |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 17 December 2012 – 14 October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Yoshito Sengoku |
| Succeeded by | Multi-member district |
| Constituency | Tokushima 1st (2012–2014) Shikoku PR (2014–2021) |
| Member of the Tokushima Prefectural Assembly | |
| In office 1991–2012 | |
| Constituency | Tokushima City |
| Member of the Tokushima City Council | |
| In office 1987–1991 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 December 1952 Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan |
| Party | Liberal Democratic |
| Alma mater | Azabu Veterinary College |
Mamoru Fukuyama (福山 守, Fukuyama Mamoru; born 19 December 1952) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who serves as a member of the House of Councillors.[1]
Early years
[edit]In 1952, Fukuyama was born in Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture. He graduated from Azabu Veterinary College.[2]
Political career
[edit]In 1987, Fukuyama ran for the Tokushima City Council and won.[2]
In 1991, Fukuyama ran for the Tokushima Prefecture Assembly and won.[2]
Fukuyama resigned as a member of the Tokushima Prefectural Assembly and ran for Tokushima 1st district in the 2012 general election. As a result, he defeated DPJ Incumbent Yoshito Sengoku, former Chief Cabinet Secretary, and gained Tokushima 1st's seat.[3]
On 15 July 2014, due to the reduction in the number of seats in the House of Representatives, Tokushima’s single-seat constituencies were cut from three to two, and a portion of the former Tokushima 3rd district was incorporated into Tokushima 1st district. Fukuyama yielded the seat to Masazumi Gotoda, Tokushima 3rd incumbent, and instead would ran in Shikoku PR in next general election.[4]
In September 2014, Fukuyama was appointed to Parliamentary Vice-Minister for the Environment in the Second Abe reshuffled cabinet.[5]
In the 2014 general election, Fukuyama won a seat in the PR block.[6] After the election, he was re-appointed to Minister for the Environment, and Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office in the Third Abe cabinet.[7]
In September 2015, Fukuyama participated in the formation of Suigetsukai, the faction that would later be known as the Ishiba Faction. Gotoda also joined the faction.[8][9]
In the 2017 general election, Fukuyama won a seat in the PR block.[10]
In the 2018 LDP presidential election, Fukuyama endorsed Shigeru Ishiba as a recommender.[11]
By 2020, Fukuyama began exploring a run for the Tokushima 1st district, leading to a confrontation with Gotoda, a fellow Ishiba Faction member and Tokushima 1st's incumbent.[12] During the 2020 Tokushima mayoral election, the two were on opposite sides: while Gotoda supported the incumbent Akiyoshi Endo, Fukuyama — alongside Shunichi Yamaguchi (incumbent of the Tokushima 2nd district) — backed newcomer and civic group leader Sawako Naito. Naito defeated Endo by a narrow margin to win her first term. At 36 years old, Naito garnered significant media attention as the "youngest female mayor in the country."[13][14][15]
In the 2020 LDP presidential election, Fukuyama endorsed Ishiba as a recommender again.[16]
In the 2021 general election, Fukuyama ultimately failed to won a seat after being placed low on the party's proportional representation list.[17]
In the 2023 Tokushima mayoral election, while incumbent Naito announced she would not seek re-election, former mayor Endo who had lost to Naito by a narrow margin in the last mayoral election declared his candidacy.[18] Amidst these developments, Fukuyama also announced his bid for the mayorship.[19][20] When the votes were counted, Fukuyama was defeated by Endo.[21]
In the 2025 House of Councillors election, Fukuyama won a seat in the national PR.[22]
In November 2025, Fukuyama was appointed to Parliamentary Secretary for Justice in the First Takaichi cabinet.[23]
In February 2026, Fukuyama was re-appointed to Parliamentary Secretary for Justice in the Second Takaichi cabinet.[24]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Mamoru Fukuyama". LDP (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- 1 2 3 "国会議員情報：福山守". Jiji Press (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ "小選挙区開票速報：徳島". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 16 December 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ "自民、徳島1区・福山氏の比例転出を決定". The Nikkei (in Japanese). 15 July 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ "第2次安倍内閣 改造内閣 大臣政務官名簿". PM office of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ "比例区開票速報：四国ブロック". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 14 December 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ "第3次安倍内閣 大臣政務官名簿". PM office of Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ "石破派が２８日に発足、名称は「水月会」". Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ "石破派、20人で旗揚げ 「ポスト安倍」へ存在感高める". The Nikkei (in Japanese). 28 September 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ "比例区開票速報：四国ブロック". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 22 October 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ "自民党総裁選推薦人一覧". The Nikkei (in Japanese). 7 September 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ "派閥内で同士打ち、頭を抱える石破氏 問われる指導力". The Nikkei (in Japanese). 21 February 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ "徳島市長選、３６歳の内藤佐和子氏が初当選…女性市長として史上最年少". The Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). 5 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ "徳島市長に女性初の内藤氏、「ワンチームで前に」". The Nikkei (in Japanese). 6 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ "市政刷新訴え、保守分裂選挙制す 徳島市長に全国最年少女性、内藤氏". Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). 6 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ "石破氏推薦人名簿". The Nikkei (in Japanese). 8 September 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ "衆院選 四国ブロック 開票速報". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 31 October 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
- ↑ "最年少女性市長で就任の内藤氏、出馬断念 「選挙戦を戦う体力不足」". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 13 March 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ "徳島市長選で現職の内藤佐和子氏、出馬を断念…「自身への批判ばかりで将来への議論期待できず」". The Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). 12 March 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ "徳島市の内藤市長、再選出馬の断念を正式表明". The Nikkei (in Japanese). 13 March 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ "徳島市長選挙、遠藤彰良氏が返り咲き 元衆院議員破る". The Nikkei (in Japanese). 7 April 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ "参院選 比例区 開票速報・結果". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 20 July 2025. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ "The TAKAICHI Cabinet List of Parliamentary Vice-Ministers". PM office of Japan. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ "List of Parliamentary Vice-Ministers". PM office of Japan. Retrieved 7 April 2026.