KATO Katsunobu
Minister of Finance
Minister of State for Financial Services
Minister in charge of Overcoming Deflation
Profile
- Date of birth
- November 22, 1955
- Political party
- Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
- Affiliation
- Member of the House of Representatives
- Constituency
- Okayama 5th District
- Number of times elected
- 7
Past career
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- Mar. 1979
- Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo
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- Oct. 2024
- Minister of Finance
Minister of State for Financial Services
Minister in charge of Overcoming Deflation
(Ishiba Cabinet ) - May. 2024
- Chairperson, Headquarters for North Korean Abductions, LDP
- Dec. 2023
- Chairperson, Research Sub-commission on the Tax System, LDP
- Oct. 2023
- Chairperson, Research Commission on Social Security System, LDP
Acting Chairperson of Subcommittee, Research Commission on the Tax System, LDP - Aug. 2022
- Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
(2nd Kishida Cabinet (reshuffled)) - Nov. 2021
- Chairperson, Research Sub-commission on the Tax System, LDP
Chairperson, Research Commission on Social Security System, LDP - Oct. 2021
- Reelected to the House of Representatives (49th General Election)
- Sep. 2020
- Chief Cabinet Secretary
Minister in charge of Mitigating the Impact of U.S. Forces in Okinawa
Minister in charge of the Abduction Issue (Suga Cabinet) - Sep. 2019
- Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Minister for Working-style Reform (4th Abe Cabinet (2nd reshuffled)) - Oct. 2018
- Chairperson, General Council, LDP
- Nov. 2017
- Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Minister for Working-style Reform
Minister in charge of the Abduction Issue
Minister of State for the Abduction Issue
(4th Abe Cabinet) - Oct. 2017
- Reelected to the House of Representatives (48th General Election)
- Aug. 2017
- Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Minister for Working-style Reform
Minister in charge of the Abduction Issue
Minister of State for the Abduction Issue
(3rd Abe Cabinet (3rd reshuffled)) - Aug. 2016
- Minister for Promoting Dynamic Engagement of All Citizens
Minister for Working-style Reform
Minister in charge of Women's Empowerment
Minister in charge of "Challenge Again" Initiative
Minister in charge of the Abduction Issue
Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate
Minister of State for Gender Equality
Minister for Promoting Dynamic Engagement of All Citizens
(3rd Abe Cabinet (2nd reshuffled)) - Oct. 2015
- Minister in charge of Women’s Empowerment
Minister in charge of “Challenge Again” Initiative
Minister in charge of the Abduction Issue
Minister in charge of Building National Resilience
Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate
Minister of State for Gender Equality
(3rd Abe Cabinet (reshuffled)) - Dec. 2014
- Reelected to the House of Representatives (47th General Election)
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (3rd Abe Cabinet) - Sep. 2014
- Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (2nd Abe Cabinet (reshuffled))
- May 2014
- Head, Cabinet Bureau of Personnel Affairs
- Dec. 2012
- Reelected to the House of Representatives (46th General Election)
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (2nd Abe Cabinet) - Oct. 2012
- Special Advisor to the President, LDP
Director-General, Information Bureau, Public Relations Headquarters, LDP - Oct. 2011
- Chief Secretary, Policy Research Council, LDP
- Sep. 2010
- Deputy Secretary-General, LDP
- Nov. 2009
- Chief Secretary, Special Committee on IT Strategy, LDP
Director, Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare, House of Representatives - Oct. 2009
- Director, Health, Labour and Welfare Division, LDP
- Aug. 2009
- Reelected to the House of Representatives (45th General Election)
- Nov. 2008
- Director of the Committee on Cabinet, House of Representatives
- Sep. 2007
- Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet office (Fukuda Cabinet)
- Aug. 2007
- Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet office (1st Abe Cabinet (reshuffled))
- Oct. 2005
- Director of the Committee on Environment, House of Representatives
- Sep. 2005
- Reelected to the House of Representatives (44th General Election)
- Nov. 2003
- Elected to the House of Representatives for the first time (43rd General Election)
- Oct. 1995
- Secretary to Mr. KATO Mutsuki, Member of the House of Representatives
- Jun. 1995
- Director, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Finance
- Apr. 1994
- Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- Jul. 1984
- Director, Kurayoshi Regional Tax Office
- Apr. 1979
- Joined the Ministry of Finance