防衛大学校National Defense Academy

President of NDA

President Profile

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KUBO Fumiaki

President, National Defense of Academy, Japan

DATE OF BIRTH

30 July, 1956

EDUCATION/DEGREE

B.A. in Laws, The University of Tokyo, March 1979
Ph.D.in Laws, The University of Tokyo, December 1989

CAREER IN OUTLINE

Apr.2021- President, National Defense Academy
Feb.2014-Jun.2014 Japan Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Mar.2009-Apr.2009 Invited Professor, Paris Institute of Political Studies(Sciences-Po)
Apr.2003-Mar.2021 Professor, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, The Universityof Tokyo
Aug.1998-Jul.1999 Visiting Scholar, Department of Government, GeorgetownUniversity
Visiting Scholar, Department of Government and Politics,University of Maryland, College Park
Apr.1993-Mar.2003 Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University
Aug.1991-Aug.1993 Visiting Scholar, The Department of Political Science, JohnsHopkins University
Apr.1988-Mar.1993 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University
Aug.1987-Mar.1988 Assistant Professor, College of Social Sciences, University ofTsukuba
Jul.1984-Jun.1986 Visiting Scholar, Department of History, Cornell University
Sep.1982-Aug.1987 Assistant Professor, College of Social Sciences, University ofTsukuba
Apr.1979-Aug.1982 Research Associate, Faculty of Law, The University of Tokyo

Past Presidents of NDA

Name Years in Office Previous Position
MAKI Tomoo August 1952 – January 1965 Professor, Keio University
OMORI Hiroshi January 1965 – July 1970 Chief of Staff, Ground Self-Defense Force
INOKI Masamichi July 1970 – September 1978 Professor, Kyoto University
TSUCHIDA Kuniyasu September 1978 – March 1987 Superintendent General, Metropolitan Police
NATSUME Haruo March 1987 – September 1993 Administrative Vice-Minister, Japan Defense Agency
MATSUMOTO Saburo October 1993 – March 2000 Professor, Keio University
NISHIHARA Masashi April 2000 – March 2006 Professor, National Defense Academy
IOKIBE Makoto August 2006 – March 2012 Professor, Kobe University
KOKUBUN Ryosei April 2012 – March 2021 Professor, Keio University