SUZUKI Junji
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
Profile
- Date of birth
- April 7, 1958
- Place of Birth
- Aichi, Japan
- Political party
- Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
- Affiliation
- Member of the House of Representatives
- Constituency
- Aichi 7th District
- Number of times elected
- 6
Past career
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- Mar. 1982
- Graduated from the School of Law, Waseda University
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- Sep. 2023
- Appointed as Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications in the second Kishida Cabinet (second reshuffle)
- Oct. 2022
- Appointed as Chair of the Special Committee for Investigation of Nuclear Power Issues, House of Representatives
- Oct. 2021
- Re-elected to the House of Representatives (49th general election)
- Sep. 2020
- Appointed as Deputy Chairperson (in charge of General Affairs), Diet Affairs Committee, Liberal Democratic Party
- Sep. 2019
- Appointed as Director, Local Organizations and Local Assembly Members Division, Party Organization and Campaign Headquarters, Liberal Democratic Party
- Oct. 2018
- Appointed as State Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (the fourth reshuffled Abe Cabinet)
- Oct. 2017
- Re-elected to the House of Representatives (48th general election)
- Sep. 2016
- Appointed as Chairperson of the House of Representatives Judicial Affairs Committee
- Oct. 2015
- Appointed as State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (the third reshuffled Abe Cabinet)
- Dec. 2014
- Re-elected to the House of Representatives (47th general election)
- Sep. 2014
- Appointed as Director, Economy, Trade and Industry Division, Policy Research Council, Liberal Democratic Party
- Dec. 2012
- Re-elected to the House of Representatives (46th general election)
- Sep. 2008
- Continued as Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (the Aso Cabinet)
- Aug. 2008
- Appointed as Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (the reshuffled Fukuda Cabinet)
- Sep. 2005
- Re-elected to the House of Representatives (44th general election)
- Nov. 2003
- First elected to the House of Representatives (43rd general election)
- May. 1991
- Elected as a Seto City Council Member (served two terms for eight years)
- Apr. 1982
- Joined the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management (3rd generation student)