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Katsutoshi KANEDA
Minister of Justice
Date of Birth: October 4, 1949
Place of Birth: Katagami-City, Akita, Japan
Member of the House of Representatives (elected 3 times)
Constituency: Akita 2nd District
(Elected to member of the House of Councilors 2 times)
Education
Mar. 1973 |
Graduated from the Hitotsubashi University (Faculty of Economics) |
Career
Aug. 2016 |
Minister of Justice (Present) |
Oct. 2015 |
Senior Director of the Committee on Budget ,House of Representatives |
Oct. 2014 |
Deputy Chairman, General Council of LDP(~August 2016) |
Oct. 2013 |
Chief Deputy Chairman, Policy Research Council of LDP |
Apr. 2013 |
Chairman, Federation of Akita LDP Branches(~June 2015) |
Dec. 2012 |
Chairman of the Committee on Financial Affairs ,House of Represetnatives |
Oct. 2011 |
Chairman, Personnel Committee of LDP |
Aug. 2009 |
"Elected for the first time as a member of the House of Representatives |
Nov. 2005 |
State Minister for Foreign Affairs |
Jul. 2004 |
Senior Director of the Committee on Rules and Administration ,House of Councilors |
Jul. 2002 |
Chairman of the committee on Health, Welfare and Labour, House of Councilors |
Oct. 1999 |
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Agriculture,Forestry and Fisheries |
Aug. 1997 |
"Deputy Chairman, Diet Affairs Committee of LDP" |
Jul. 1995 |
"Elected for the first time as a member of the House of Councilors |
Jul. 1993 |
Budget Examiner,Budget Bureau,Ministry of Finance (~January 1995)(in total, worked for Budget Bureau for 10 years) |
Jul. 1992 |
Director,Budget Bureau,Ministry of Finance |
Jul. 1990 |
Visiting Researcher, Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, Princeton University, USA |
Jun. 1988 |
Assistant Commissinoer(Examination),Osaka Regional Taxation Burreau |
Jul. 1983 |
Deputy Budget Examiner,Budget Bureau,Ministry of Finance |
Jul. 1981 |
Deputy Director of the Legal Division,Bugdet Bureau,Ministry of Finance |
Jul. 1978 |
Director,Yamanashi Tax Office,Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau |
Apr. 1973 |
Entered Ministry of Finance(Budget Bureau) |
Family
Wife and a son
Hobbies
Karaoke and Watching sports
Motto
"Revere heaven, love people"
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