KATO Katsunobu

• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Elected: Okayama 5th District (single-seat constituency), seven times
• Born: November 1955, Tokyo
• Education:
• Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo

• Career:
• Ministry of Finance
• Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
• Director, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Finance
• Secretary to KATO Mutsuki, Member of the House of Representatives (HR)
• Visiting Professor, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare
• Director, Health, Labour and Welfare Division, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
• Special Advisor to the President, LDP
• Director-General, LDP Information Bureau
• Chairperson, LDP General Council
• Director, HR Standing Committee on Environment
• Director, HR Standing Committee on Cabinet
• Director, HR Standing Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
• Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
• Head, Cabinet Bureau of Personnel Affairs
• Minister for Promoting Dynamic Engagement of All Citizens
• Minister for Working-style Reform
• Minister in charge of Women's Empowerment
• Minister in charge of "Challenge Again" Initiative
• Minister in charge of the Abduction Issue
• Minister in charge of Building National Resilience
• Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate
• Minister of State for Gender Equality
• Minister of State for the Abduction Issue
• Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
• Chief Cabinet Secretary
• Minister in charge of Mitigating the Impact of U.S. Forces in Okinawa
• Minister in charge of the Abduction Issue