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Motohisa Furukawa
Motohisa Furukawa
古川元久
	Furukawa in 2012
Acting Leader of the Democratic Party For the People
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 4 December 2024
Preceded by	Yuichiro Tamaki
Minister of State for Special Missions
	In office; 2 September 2011 – 1 October 2012
Prime Minister	Yoshihiko Noda
Succeeded by	Seiji Maehara
Member of the House of Representatives
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 21 October 1996
Preceded by	Constituency established
Constituency	Tōkai PR (1996–2000); Aichi 2nd (2000–present)
Personal details
Born	6 December 1965 (age 59); Nagoya, Japan
Political party	DPP (since 2018)
Other political; affiliations	DPJ (1996–2016); DP (2016–2017); Kibō (2017–2018);
Alma mater	University of Tokyo; Columbia University

Motohisa Furukawa (古川元久, Furukawa Motohisa, born 6 December 1965) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party for the People and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Nagoya, Aichi and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Finance in 1988, attending Columbia University in the United States as a ministry official. Leaving the ministry in 1994, he took part in the formation of the Democratic Party of Japan in 1996 and was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in the same year; he is currently serving his fourth term in this House. In September 2011 he was appointed as State Minister of National Strategy, Economic and Fiscal Policy in the cabinet of newly appointed prime minister Yoshihiko Noda.^[1]

Furukawa is a member of the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders and is founder of its Table For Two initiative.

On December 4, 2024, Furukawa became acting leader of the Democratic Party for the People following the suspension of Yuichiro Tamaki until March 3, 2025 amid controversy over the latter's extramarital affair.^[2]