Katsunobu Katō
Katsunobu Katō | |
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加藤 勝信 | |
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| Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare | |
| Assumed office 10 August 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Fumio Kishida |
| Preceded by | Shigeyuki Goto |
| In office 11 September 2019 – 16 September 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
| Preceded by | Takumi Nemoto |
| Succeeded by | Norihisa Tamura |
| In office 3 August 2017 – 2 October 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
| Preceded by | Yasuhisa Shiozaki |
| Succeeded by | Takumi Nemoto |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary | |
| In office 16 September 2020 – 4 October 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Yoshihide Suga |
| Preceded by | Yoshihide Suga |
| Succeeded by | Hirokazu Matsuno |
| Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate | |
| In office 7 October 2015 – 3 August 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
| Preceded by | Haruko Arimura |
| Succeeded by | Masaji Matsuyama |
| Member of the House of Representatives for Okayama's 5th district | |
| Assumed office 10 November 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Yoshitaka Murata |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 November 1955 Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
| Occupation | Politician |
Katsunobu Kato (加藤 勝信, Katō Katsunobu, born November 22, 1955) is a Japanese politician who serves as the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare since August 2022, previously serving from 2017 to 2018 and again from 2019 to 2020. He also served as Chief Cabinet Secretary from September 2020 to October 2021 under Yoshihide Suga. He is also a member of the House of Representatives for Okayama's 5th district since 2003.
A native of Kurashiki, Okayama and a graduate of the University of Tokyo with a Bachelor of Economics degree, he worked at the Ministry of Finance from 1979 to 1995, and was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003 after unsuccessful runs in 1998 and 2000. He also served as Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare from 2017 to 2018 and again from 2019 to 2020. Katō is affiliated with the Ultranationalist organization Nippon Kaigi.[1]
Honours
Netherlands: Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau (29 October 2014)[2]
References
- ^ Nippon Kaigi website
- ^ Decoraties Staatsbezoeken Japan en Republiek Korea Archived 2014-11-04 at the Wayback Machine - website of the Dutch Royal House
- 政治家情報 〜加藤 勝信〜. JANJAN (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-10-20.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Webarchive template wayback links
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- CS1 Japanese-language sources (ja)
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- Members of the House of Representatives (Japan)
- University of Tokyo alumni
- People from Okayama Prefecture
- Living people
- 1955 births
- Members of Nippon Kaigi
- Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians
- 21st-century Japanese politicians
- Chief Cabinet Secretaries of Japan