OZATO Yasuhiro

• Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Kyushu Bloc (proportional representation), elected seven times


• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Born: September 1958, Kirishima, Aira-gun, Kagoshima
• Education:
• Faculty of Law (law), Keio University

• Career:
• Secretary to Minister of Labour
• Secretary to Minister of State for Earthquake Management
• Secretary to Minister of State, Director-General of the Management and Coordination Agency
• Secretary for Policy/Legislative Affairs to HR Member
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
• State Minister of the Environment
• State Minister of Cabinet Office
• State Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
• Special Advisor to the Prime Minister
• Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
• Deputy Chairperson, Diet Affairs Committee, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
• Director, LDP Agriculture and Forestry Division
• Director, LDP Land, Infrastructure and Transport Division
• Acting Chairperson, LDP General Council
• Chairperson, Headquarters for the Economic Growth Strategy, LDP Policy Research Council
• Chair, HR Standing Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
• Chair, HR Standing Committee on Financial Affairs
• Chair, HR Special Committee on Disasters