Minister for Financial Services
and Administrative Reform
Minister of State for Civil Service Reform

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Yoshimi WATANABE


Date of birth: March 17, 1952
Member of the House of Representatives
Constituency: Tochigi Prefecture 3rd district (Elected 4 times)


Education
1980Qualified to practice as an attorney
1977B.A., Waseda University (Law)

Career
2007.9Minister of State for Financial Services and Administrative Reform (Fukuda Cabinet)
2007.8Minister of State for Financial Services and Administrative Reform (1st Abe Reshuffled Cabinet)
December 2006Minister of State for Regulatory Reform
2006Senior Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
2005Re-elected to the House of Representatives (4th term)
Manager, Research Commission on the Tax System, Liberal Democratic Party
2004Acting Director General, International Bureau, LDP
Acting Chairman, Public Relations Headquaters, LDP
2003Re-elected to the House of Representatives (3rd term)
2000Re-elected to the House of Representatives (2nd term)
Chief Secretary, Research Commission on the Finance and Banking
1996Elected to the House of Representatives (1st term)
1992Private secretary to Minister of Foreign Affairs
1986Private secretary to Ministe of International Trade and Industry