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Senior Vice-Minister

Kazuyoshi AKABA

Date of birth: May 7, 1958
Place of birth: Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo

Educational background:

Mar. 1983 Graduated from Faculty of Law, Keio University

Career:

Dec. 2012 Elected to the 46th House of Representatives
State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; Senior Vice-Minister, the Cabinet Office
Feb. 2008 Chairman, International Affairs Committee, New Komeito
Nov. 2005 Senior Vice Minister of Finance
Nov. 2003 Chairman, Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, the House of Representatives
Jan. 2001 Chairman, Special Committee on Disasters, the House of Representatives
Jul. 1993 Elected for the first time to the House of Representatives (elected five times in total)
Apr. 1983 Joined MITSUI & CO., LTD. (Also stationed in Beijing)
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