Minister of Justice
Okiharu YASUOKA
Date of birth: May 11, 1939
Member of the House of Representatives
Constituency: Kagoshima District 1 (elected 11 times) |
- Education
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| 1964 | Graduated from Chuo University (Faculty of Law)
Passed the bar examination
Legal Trainee of the Supreme Court of Japan
(Graduate of the 19th class)
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| 1958 | Graduated from Hibiya High School, Tokyo |
- Career
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| 2008 | Appointed Minister of Justice |
| 2007 | Chief Judge, Judge Impeachment Court
Deputy Chairman, Joint General Meeting of Both Houses
Supreme Adviser, Research Commission on Antimonopoly Laws
Acting Chairman, Council on the Constitution
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| 2005 | Senior Director, Special Committee for Research on the Constitution of Japan, House of Representatives
Chairman, Research Commission on Antimonopoly Laws, LDP
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| 2003 | Acting Chairman, Headquarters on Urgent Countermeasures to Stabilize the Financial System, LDP
Chairman, Research Commission on the Constitution, LDP
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| 2001 | Chief Secretary, National Vision Project Headquarters, LDP |
| 2000 | Chairman, Research Commission on the Constitution, House of Representatives
Appointed Minister of Justice
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| 1998 | Chairman, Research Commission on the Judiciary System, LDP
Chairman, Special Commission on Promotion of the Comprehensive Plan for Financial Revitalization, LDP
Senior Director, Special Committee on Financial Stabilization, House of Representatives
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| 1997 | Senior Deputy Chairman, Policy Research Council, LDP
Acting Chairman, Headquarters for Implementation of Educational Reform, LDP
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| 1996 | Chairman, Finance Committee, LDP
Senior Director, Finance Committee, House of Representatives
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| 1993 | Chairman, Special Committee on Relocation of the Diet, House of Representatives |
| 1989 | Chairman, Committee on Planning, Headquarters for Political Reform, LDP |
| 1987 | Deputy Secretary-General, LDP ( ` 1990 serving four consecutive terms) |
| 1984 | Chairman, Standing Committee on Construction, House of Representatives (Second Nakasone Cabinet) |
| 1980 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance (Suzuki Cabinet) |
| 1978 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister, National Land Agency (Ohira Cabinet) |
| 1972 | Elected for the first time to the House of Representatives |
| 1967 | Judge, Kagoshima District Court |
- Favorite phrases
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| Ai (Love), Seijitsu (Integrity)
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- Most admired person
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- Interests
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