Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary

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Katsuhito ASANO


Date of birth: April 19, 1938
Member of the House of Councillors
Constituency: Aichi Prefecture district
(Elected once for the House of Councillors, elected 3 times for the House of Representatives)


Education
Graduated from School of Political Science and Economics I, Waseda University

Career
May. 2009Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
Aug. 2008Director, National Defense Division, LDP
Oct. 2007Acting Chairman, Research Commission on Telecommunications
Sep. 2007Director-General, Personnel Bureau, LDP
Senior Director of the Committee on Audit, the House of Councillors
Senior Director of the Special Committee on North Korean Abduction Issue and Related Matters, the House of Councillors
Sep. 2006State Secretary for Foreign Affairs
Jul. 2004Elected for the first time as a Member of the House of Councillors from Aichi district
Senior Director of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense, the House of Councillors
May. 2001Deputy Chairman, Diet Affairs Committee, LDP
Dec. 2000Deputy Secretary-General, LDP
Jul. 2000Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs
Jun. 2000Elected as a Member of the House of Representatives (3rd term)
Oct. 1999Director, National Defense Division, LDP
Oct. 1996Elected as a Member of the House of Representatives (2nd term)
Feb. 1990Elected for the first time as a Member of the House of Representatives
Aug. 1982Commentator, NHK
Apr. 1961Political Journalist, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
(Held positions of chief reporter at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Section, the LDP Section, and Prime Minister's Office Section)
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