Fukushiro Nukaga

Fukushiro Nugaga (January 11, 1944 -), a politician from the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, has served successively as Speaker of the House of Representatives, Minister of Defense, Director of the Economic Planning Agency, Minister in Charge of Economic and Fiscal Policy, Minister of Finance, and Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's Political Affairs Investigation Committee. President of the Heisei Research Society (Ogapa) and President of the Japan-Korea Parliamentary Alliance. When he was the minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy, he resigned due to his involvement in the KSD incident. He will serve as Speaker of the House of Representatives in October 2023. Re-elected as Speaker on November 11, 2024.