Minister of State for Financial Services
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Date of birth: November 1, 1936. Place of birth: Shobara, Hiroshima. Post at a party: Leader of the People's New Party. |
| Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, the University of Tokyo. |
| Sept. 2009 | Appointed as the Minister of State for Financial Services and Postal Reform. |
| Aug. 2009 | Assumed the post of leader of the People's New Party. |
| Aug. 2009 | Elected in the 45th general election as a member of the House of Representatives for the 11th consecutive term. |
| Sept. 2005 | Elected in the 44th general election as a member of the House of Representatives for the 10th consecutive term. |
| 2005 | Founded the People's New Party and assumed the post of acting party leader after he left the Liberal Democratic Party. |
| Oct. 1999 | Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's Policy Research Council. |
| Nov. 1996 | Assumed the post of Minister of Construction. |
| Jun. 1994 | Assumed the post of Minister of Transport. |
| Dec. 1985 | Assumed the post of Parliamentary Vice Minister of Transport. |
| Oct. 1979 | First elected in his first run for the 35th general election of members of the House of Representatives. |
| 1977 | Retired from the National Police Agency after serving as Deputy Director of Security Bureau and Special Assistant to the Commissioner General. |
| 1962 | Joined the National Police Agency. Held various positions, including Chief of the Second Investigation Section at Saitama Prefectural Police Headquarters, Director of Police Administration Department at Tottori Prefectural Police Headquarters. |