Fukushiro Nukaga

Fukushiro Nukaga
Fukushiro Nukaga
額賀福志郎
	Nukaga in 2025
Speaker of the House of Representatives
	In office; 20 October 2023 – 23 January 2026
Monarch	Naruhito
Deputy	Banri Kaieda; Kōichirō Genba
Preceded by	Hiroyuki Hosoda
Succeeded by	Eisuke Mori
Prime Minister
Government roles
Minister of Finance
	In office; 27 August 2007 – 2 August 2008
Prime Minister	Shinzo 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
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
	In office; 6 January 2001 – 23 January 2001
Prime Minister	Yoshirō Mori
Preceded by	Himself (as Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency)
Succeeded by	Tarō Asō
Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency
	In office; 5 December 2000 – 6 January 2001
Prime Minister	Yoshirō Mori
Preceded by	Taichi Sakaiya
Succeeded by	Himself (as Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy)
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary; (Political affairs, House of Representatives)
	In office; 5 October 1999 – 4 July 2000
Prime Minister	Keizō Obuchi; Yoshirō Mori
Preceded by	Muneo Suzuki
Succeeded by	Shinzo Abe
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary; (Political affairs)
	In office; 11 September 1997 – 30 July 1998
Prime Minister	Ryutaro Hashimoto
Preceded by	Kaoru Yosano
Succeeded by	Muneo Suzuki (House of Representatives); Mitsuhiro Uesugi (House of Councillors)
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Member of the House of Representatives; from Northern Kanto;
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 18 December 1983
Preceded by	Akio Kanō
Constituency	Ibaraki 1st (1983–1996); Ibaraki 2nd (1996–2009); PR block (2009–2012); Ibaraki 2nd (2012–present);
Personal details
Born	11 January 1944; Asō, Ibaraki, Japan
Party	Liberal Democratic
Children	3
Alma mater	Waseda University
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Fukushiro Nukaga (Japanese: 額賀福志郎, Hepburn: Nukaga Fukushirō; born 11 January 1944) is a Japanese politician who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2023 to 2026.

A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he has represented Ibaraki 2nd district in the House of Representatives since 1983. He was previously the Minister of Finance from 2007 to 2008, and served twice as Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency and Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary.