AZUMI Jun

• In-House Group: The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Independent
• Elected: Miyagi 5th District (single-seat constituency), nine times
• Born: January 1962, Oshika, Oshika-gun (now part of Ishinomaki), Miyagi
• Education:
• School of Social Sciences, Waseda University

• Career:
• Political reporter, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
• Minister of Finance
• State Minister of Defense
• Chair, Election Campaign Committee, Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)
• Chair, DPJ Diet Affairs Committee
• Acting Secretary General, DPJ
• Chairperson, Diet Affairs Committee, Democratic Party (DP)
• Acting President, DP
• Chair, Federation of Miyagi Prefecture Democratic Party General Branches
• Chair, Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems, House of Representatives (HR)
• Chair, HR Standing Committee on National Security