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Date of birth: Oct. 17, 1944
LDP faction: Machimura
Electoral district: Lower House; Hokkaido No. 5 (eighth term)
Before he became the chief government spokesman, Machimura held other prominent posts in the Cabinet and the LDP, including the education and foreign minister portfolios.
After graduating from the University of Tokyo, Machimura, 63, joined the former Ministry of International Trade and Industry and worked in the United States for two years. He won his first Lower House seat in 1983 after leaving the ministry.
He respects the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy because "he presented the dream of sending astronauts to the moon and achieved it," according to his Web site. The second son of Kingo Machimura, a former home affairs minister and Hokkaido governor, he is serving his eighth Lower House term.
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