AKAZAWA Ryosei

• State Minister of Finance


• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Elected: Tottori 2nd District (single-seat constituency), six times
• Born: 18 December 1960, Tokyo
• Education:
• Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo, Japan
• Graduate School of Management, Cornell University, USA (MBA, 91)

• Career:
• Ministry of Transport
• Director for Secretarial Division, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
• Director-General, Overseas Projects Division, International Business Department, Postal Business Headquarters, Japan Post
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
• State Minister of Cabinet Office
• Director, Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Division, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
• Deputy Chairperson, LDP Diet Affairs Committee
• Deputy Chairperson, LDP General Council
• Chairperson, LDP Livestock and Dairy Policy Committee, Agriculture and Forestry Division
• Chief Secretary, LDP Research Commission for the Establishment of a Culture Oriented Nation
• Deputy Chairperson, LDP Research Commission on Shinkansen and other Railways
• Deputy Chairperson, LDP Research Commission for the Promotion of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) and Highways
• Chair, Standing Committee on Environment, House of Representatives (HR)
• Senior Director, HR Special Committee on North Korean Abductions and Other Issues
• Director, HR Standing Committee on Rules and Administration