Hajime Funada

Hajime Funada (船田 元) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, 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