Minister of Finance

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Koji OMI


Date of birth: December 14, 1932
Member of the House of Representatives
Constituency: Kita Kanto proportional representation bloc (8th term)


Education
1956Graduated from the Faculty of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University

Career
September 2006Minister of Finance in the Abe Cabinet
November 2005Chairman of the LDP Research Commission on Oil, Resources and Energy
October 2004Deputy Chairman of the LDP General Council
October 2002Chairman of the LDP Research Commission to Promote Research and Establish a Nation of Innovative Science and Technology
April 2001Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs and Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy in the First Koizumi Cabinet (until Sept. 2002)
June 2000LDP Acting Secretary-General (until Apr. 2001)
October 1999Acting Chairman of the LDP Party Organization Headquarters and Director of the Interest Group Policy Division (until June 2000)
September 1998Deputy Chairman of the LDP Research Commission on the Tax System
August 1998Director-General of the LDP Election Bureau (until Oct. 1999)
August 1998Acting Chairman of the LDP Research Commission to Promote Research and Establish a Nation of Innovative Science and Technology and to Promote Research and Development on Information and Telecommunications
September 1997Minister of State for Economic Planning in the Second Hashimoto Cabinet (until July 1998)
November 1996Deputy Chairman of the LDP Policy Research Council (until Sept. 1997)
April 1996Director of the House of Representatives Special Committee on Financial Issues and Related Matters (until Oct. 1996)
January 1995Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Finance (until Sept. 1995)
July 1994LDP Deputy Secretary-General (until Jan. 1995)
August 1993Director of the LDP Science and Technology Policy Division (until July 1994)
December 1992Director of the LDP Commerce and Industry Division (until Aug. 1993)
November 1991Director-General of the Research Bureau of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) (until Dec. 1992)
February 1990Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Finance (until Dec. 1990)
December 1983Elected to the House of Representatives
1982Retired from MITI
1981Director-General of the Guidance Department of MITI's Small and Medium Enterprise Agency (until 1982)
1979Director of the General Affairs Division of the Director-General's Secretariat of the Science and Technology Agency (until 1981)
1970Consul at the Consulate General of Japan in New York (until 1974)
1956Joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)