OKADA Katsuya

• In-House Group: The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Independent
• Elected: Mie 3rd District (single-seat constituency), 11 times
• Born: July 1953, Yokkaichi, Mie
• Education:
• Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo

• Career:
• Joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1976
• First elected to the House of Representatives (1990)
• Left the Liberal Democratic Party in 1993, maintaining his belief in realizing politics in which it is possible to change the government
• Took part in forming the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in 1998 and became its President
• As Secretary General of the DPJ, achieved change of the government through general election in August 2009
• Minister for Foreign Affairs in the new administration
• Secretary General of the DPJ, when it was one of the ruling parties
• Deputy Prime Minister
• Re-elected as President of the DPJ in January 2015
• United opposition parties to form the Democratic Party (DP) in March 2016
• Fulfilled his term as President of the DP until September 2016
• After the general election in October 2017, formed an In-House Group, the Group of Independents, and became its representative
• Joined the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP), which was founded in September 2020
• Currently serves as CDP Executive Advisor, Deputy Executive Director of Leadership Committee on Election Campaign Strategy, Economic Security Project Team Chair, and member of the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs