OKADA Katsuya

Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Mie 3rd District (single-seat constituency), elected 12 times

• In-House Group: The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Independent
• 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
• Served as Secretary-General of the CDP for 25 months21
• Currently serves as CDP Executive Advisor and First Deputy Director-General of Leadership Committee on Election Campaign Strategy