January 10, 1963

Born to KONO Yohei & Takeko
March 1981       Graduated from KEIO Senior High School
December 1985       Graduated from Georgetown University,
School of Foreign Service
February 1986       Joined Fuji Xerox in Tokyo
February 1991       Joined Fuji Xerox Asia Pacific in Singapore
January 2003       Joined Nippon Tanshi in Oiso
October 20, 1996      
Elected to the House of Representatives
June 25, 2000       Re-elected to the House for the 2nd term
January 8, 2002       Appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Public Management, Telecommunications & Local Government
April 16, 2002       Donated a part of the liver to father, KONO Yohei, in a liver transplant operation
October 2002       Appointed Director, House Foreign Affairs Committee Appointed Acting Chairman, LDP Policy Committee on Foreign Affairs
November 9, 2003       Re-Elected to the House for the 3rd term
November 2003       Appointed Chairman, LDP Policy Committee on Environment
October 2004      

Appointed Assistant Secretary-General of LDP

Elected Chairman of LDP in Kanagawa Pref.

September 11, 2005      

Re-Elected to the House for the 4th term

November 2, 2005       Appointed Senior Vice Minister of Justice
October 2006       Appointed Assistant Chairman of the LDP Policy Council Dommittee
House Committees       Foreign Affairs
Party Positions      

Chairman, LDP Kanagawa Prefecture

Activities       Past Chairman, Shonan Bellmare Football Club
Past Chairman, Japan Race Horse Association
President, Kanagawa Track & Field Association
President, Kanagawa Triathlon Union

 
 
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