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Yasuhisa SHIOZAKI

Yasuhisa SHIOZAKI

Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare

Date of Birth: November 7, 1950
Place of Birth: Ehime Prefecture
Constituency: Ehime 1st district (elected 6 times)

Education

 Jun. 1982

Graduated from Harvard Kennedy School

 Mar. 1975

Graduated from Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Tokyo University

Career

Sep. 2014

Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare (reshuffled 2nd Abe
cabinet)

 Oct. 2013

Director, Committee on Budget, House of Representatives (HR)

 Dec. 2012

Re-elected to the HR (46th general election)

 Sep. 2010

Director, Committee on Budget, HR

 Aug. 2009

Re-elected to the HR (45th general election)

 Sep. 2006

Chief Cabinet Secretary, Minister in charge of the Abduction Issue

 Nov. 2005

State Minister for Foreign Affairs

 Sep. 2005

Chairperson, Committee on Judicial Affairs, HR

 Sep. 2005

Re-elected to the HR (44th general election)

 Oct. 2004

Chairperson, Committee on Judicial Affairs, HR

 Nov. 2003

Re-elected to the HR (43rd general election)

 Oct. 2002

Director, Treasury and Finance Division, Policy Research Council,Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)

 Jan. 2001

Acting Director, Health, Labor and Welfare Division, Policy
Research Council, LDP

 Jul. 2000

Director, Foreign Affairs Division, Policy Research Council, LDP

 Jun. 2000

Re-elected to the HR (42nd general election)

 Oct. 1999

Director, Judicial Affairs Division, Policy Research Council, LDP

 Sep. 1997

Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance

 Jan. 1996

Director, Committee on Budget, House of Councillors (HC)

 Jul. 1995

Elected to the HC for the first time (17th general election)

 Jul. 1993

Elected to the HR for the first time (40th general election)

 Apr. 1975

Joined Bank of Japan

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