OZAKI Masanao

• Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary


• Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Kochi 2nd District (single-seat constituency), elected three times


• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Born: 14 September 1967, Kochi
• Education:
• Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo

• Career:
• Ministry of Finance
• First Secretary, Embassy of Japan in Indonesia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Deputy Director, Budget Bureau, Ministry of Finance
• Deputy Director for Fiscal Investment and Loan Appropriation, Financial Bureau, Ministry of Finance
• Secretary to Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
• Governor, Kochi Prefecture (three terms)
• Chairman, Standing Committee for Social Security, National Governors' Association
• Vice President, National Governors' Association
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Digital Transformation
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction
• Director, Local Organizations and Local Assembly Members Division, Party Organization and Campaign Headquarters, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
• Chief Secretary, LDP Committee for the Nankai Trough Mega Earthquakes
• Chief Secretary, LDP Drastic Strengthening of Disaster Management Systems Headquarters
• Chief Secretary, Subcommittee for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Finance
• Secretary General, Special Team for Reviewing the Information and Communications Growth Strategy
• Deputy Secretary-General, LDP