AKAZAWA Ryosei
Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization
Minister in charge of New Capitalism
Minister in charge of Wage Increase
Minister in charge of Startups
Minister in charge of Social Security Reform
Minister in charge of Infectious Disease Crisis Management
Minister in charge of the Preparation of Establishing the Disaster Management Agency
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
Profile
- Date of birth
- December 18, 1960
- Place of Birth
- Tokyo
- Political party
- Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
- Affiliation
- Member of the House of Representatives
- Constituency
- Tottori 2nd
- Number of times elected
- 6
Past career
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- 1991
- Received an MBA from Cornell University, the United States
- March 1984
- Graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo
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- October 2024
- Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization
Minister in charge of New Capitalism
Minister in charge of Wage Increase
Minister in charge of Startups
Minister in charge of Social Security Reform Oriented to All Generations
Minister in charge of Infectious Disease Crisis Management
Minister in charge of Preparation for Establishment of Disaster Management Agency
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
(Ishiba Cabinet) - November 2023
- State Minister of Finance (2nd Kishida Cabinet (2nd reshuffled))
- October 2022
- Manager, Research Commission on the Tax System, LDP
- September 2022
- Acting Chairperson, Policy Research Council, LDP
- November 2021
- Chairperson, Special Committee for Investigation of Nuclear Power Issues, HR
- October 2021
- Elected to the HR (6th term)
- September 2020
- State Minister of Cabinet Office (Suga Cabinet)
- October 2017
- Elected to the HR (5th term)
- January 2016
- Chairperson, Environment Committee, HR
- December 2014
- Elected to the HR (4th term)
State Minister of Cabinet Office (3rd Abe Cabinet) - September 2014
- State Minister of Cabinet Office (2nd Abe Cabinet (reshuffled))
- December 2012
- Elected to the HR (3rd term)
Parliamentary Secretary for Land, Infrastructure and Transport (2nd Abe Cabinet) - August 2009
- Elected to the HR (2nd term)
- September 2005
- Elected to the House of Representatives (HR) (1st term)
- July 2001
- Director for Personnel Affairs, Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
- June 1999
- Director for Personnel Affairs, Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Transport
- April 1996
- Director of the Traffic Policy Division, Planning and Promotion Department, Hokkaido Prefectural Government
- August 1994
- Deputy Director, International Air Transport Division, Administration Department, Civil Aviation Bureau, Ministry of Transport
- April 1984
- Joined the Ministry of Transport (Currently the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport)