Minister of State for Financial Services
Minister of State for Postal Reform

Shozaburo JIMI


Shozaburo JIMI


Date of Birth: November 5, 1945
Domicile of origin: Nakatsu-shi, Oita
Place of Birth: Kaji-machi, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu-shi
Constituency: Proportional representation (Nation-wide)
Political party: People's New Party (Kokumin Shinto)

Education
Jul. 1980Chief researcher, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Harvard University, USA
Mar. 1977Completed a doctoral course at the Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University (obtained an MD degree in public health)
Jul. 1970Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University and entered the First Internal Medicine Department of the Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University as a chief researcher of the genetics laboratory
Jun. 1970Passed the national exam for medical practitioners
Mar. 1964Graduated from Kokura High School, Fukuoka
Mar. 1961Graduated from Kokura Junior High School Affiliated with Fukuoka University of Liberal Education (now Fukuoka University of Education)
Mar. 1958Graduated from Sakai-machi Elementary School, Kokura-shi (now Kokurachuo Elementary School, Kitakyushu-shi)


Biography

Jun. 2010Appointed as the Minister of State for Financial Services and Postal Reform
Sept. 2009Assumed the post of Secretary General of the People's New Party
Jul. 2007Came back to national politics upon being elected in the 21st election of members of the House of Councillors as a proportional representative of the People's New Party
Sept. 2005Failed in the 44th election of members of the House of Representatives for the first time after seven terms
Nov. 2003Assumed the post of Chairman of the Special Committee on Coping with Armed Attack Situations and Related Matters of the House of Representatives
Nov. 2003Elected in the 43rd general election as a member of the House of Representatives for the seventh consecutive term
Aug. 2002Attended the Inauguration Ceremony of the President of the Republic of Bolivia as an Ambassador of Japan on Special Mission
Jun. 2001Assumed the post of Chairman of the Party Organization of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan
Jul. 2000Assumed the post of Chairman of the Special Committee on Political Ethics and Election Law of the House of Representatives
Jun. 2000Elected in the 42nd general election as a member of the House of Representatives for the sixth consecutive term
Jun. 1999Attended the Inauguration Ceremony of the President of the Republic of El Salvador as an Ambassador of Japan on Special Mission
Sep. 1997Assumed the post of Minister of Posts and Telecommunications in the second Hashimoto Cabinet
Nov. 1996Assumed the post of Deputy Secretary-General of the LDP
Oct. 1996Elected in the 41st general election as a member of the House of Representatives for the fifth consecutive term
Sept. 1995Assumed the post of Deputy Chairman of the Policy Research Council of the LDP
Jan. 1995Assumed the post of Chairman of the Committee on Communications of the House of Representatives
Aug. 1993Assumed the post of Director of the Communications Division of the LDP
Jul. 1993Elected in the 40th general election as a member of the House of Representatives for the fourth consecutive term
Dec. 1990Assumed the post of Parliamentary Vice]Minister for International Trade and Industry in the second Kaifu Cabinet
Feb. 1990Elected in the 39th general election as a member of the House of Representatives for the third consecutive term
Aug. 1989Assumed the post of Parliamentary Vice]Minister for National Land in the first Kaifu Cabinet (reappointed)
Jun. 1989Assumed the post of Parliamentary Vice]Minister for National Land in the Uno Cabinet
Jul. 1986Elected in the 38th general election as a member of the House of Representatives for the second consecutive term
Dec. 1983First elected in his first run for the 37th general election of members of the House of Representatives
Jan. 1983Secretary to the Minister for the Science and Technology Agency, Mr. Ichiro Nakagawa, a member of the House of Representatives
Apr. 1982Lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University (internal medicine)