Fukushiro Nukaga

Fukushiro Nukaga
Fukushiro Nukaga
額賀福志郎
	Nukaga in 2006
Speaker of the House of Representatives
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 20 October 2023
Monarch	Naruhito
Deputy	Banri Kaieda
Preceded by	Hiroyuki Hosoda
Minister of Finance
	In office; 27 August 2007 – 2 August 2008
Prime Minister	Shinzō Abe; Yasuo Fukuda
Preceded by	Kōji Omi
Succeeded by	Bunmei Ibuki
Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency
	In office; 31 October 2005 – 26 September 2006
Prime Minister	Junichiro Koizumi
Preceded by	Yoshinori Ohno
Succeeded by	Fumio Kyūma
	In office; 30 July 1998 – 20 November 1998
Prime Minister	Keizō Obuchi
Preceded by	Fumio Kyūma
Succeeded by	Hosei Norota
Ministry of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
	In office; 6 January 2001 – 23 January 2001
Prime Minister	Yoshirō Mori
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Tarō Asō
Head of the Economic Planning Agency
	In office; 5 December 2000 – 6 January 2001
Prime Minister	Yoshirō Mori
Preceded by	Taichi Sakaiya
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
	In office; 5 October 1999 – 4 July 2000
Prime Minister	Keizō Obuchi; Yoshirō Mori
Preceded by	Muneo Suzuki
Succeeded by	Shinzō Abe
	In office; 11 September 1997 – 30 July 1998
Prime Minister	Ryutaro Hashimoto
Preceded by	Yosano Kaoru
Succeeded by	Muneo Suzuki
Personal details
Born	11 January 1944 (age 80); Asō, Ibaraki, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party
Alma mater	Waseda University

Fukushiro Nukaga (額賀福志郎, Nukaga Fukushirō, born 11 January 1944) is a Japanese politician who is serving as the Speaker of the House of Representatives since October 2023. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he has been a member of the House of Representatives since 1983 and represents Ibaraki's 2nd district.^[1] He was previously the Minister of Finance from 2007 to 2008,^[2] and served twice as Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency and Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary