SUZUKI Shunichi

Minister of Finance
Minister of State for Financial Services
Minister in charge of Overcoming Deflation

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Date of birth
April 13, 1953
Political party
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
Affiliation
Member of the House of Representatives
Constituency
Iwate 2nd District
Numbers of elected
10

Past career

  • 1977
    Graduated from the School of Education, Waseda University
  • Aug. 2022
    Minister of Finance
    Minister of State for Financial Services
    Minister in charge of Overcoming Deflation
    (2nd Kishida Cabinet (reshuffled))
    Nov. 2021
    Minister of Finance
    Minister of State for Financial Services
    Minister in charge of Overcoming Deflation
    (2nd Kishida Cabinet)
    Oct. 2021
    Minister of Finance
    Minister of State for Financial Services
    Minister in charge of Overcoming Deflation
    (1st Kishida Cabinet)
    Feb. 2021
    Chairperson, Research Commission on Environment and Global Warming Countermeasures, LDP
    Sep. 2019
    Chairperson, General Council, LDP
    Apr. 2019
    Minister in charge of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games (4th Abe Cabinet (reshuffled))
    Nov. 2017
    Minister in charge of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games (4th Abe Cabinet)
    Aug. 2017
    Minister in charge of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games
    (3rd Abe Cabinet (3rd reshuffled))
    Apr. 2017
    Chairperson, Special Committee on Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake, House of Representatives
    2015
    Chairperson, Finance Committee, LDP
    Chairperson, Tohoku Bloc Conference of Party Members of Both Houses of the Diet, LDP
    Acting Chairperson, General Council, LDP
    Chairperson, Special Committee on the Tobacco Industry, LDP
    2014
    Chief Vice-Chairperson, Headquarters for Overcoming Population Decline and Regional Revitalization, LDP
    Vice-Chairperson, Headquarters for Accelerating Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake, LDP
    Member, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Executive Committee
    2013
    Chairperson, Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives
    2012
    State Minister for Foreign Affairs (2nd Abe Cabinet)
    2008
    Chairperson, Party Ethics Committee, LDP
    2007
    President, All-Japan Federation of National Health Insurance Organizations
    2006
    Chairperson, Research Commission on the Social Security System, LDP
    2004
    Chairperson, Research Commission on Fishery Policies, LDP
    2002
    Minister of the Environment (1st Koizumi Cabinet (reshuffled))
    2001
    Chairperson, Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare, House of Representatives
    1998
    Director, Social Affairs Division, LDP
    1996
    Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health and Welfare (2nd Hashimoto Cabinet)
    1994
    Director, Fisheries Division, LDP
    1990
    Elected to the House of Representatives for the first time (39th General Election)