KANEDA Katsutoshi

• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Elected: Tohoku Bloc (proportional representation), five times
• Born: 4 October 1949, Katagami, Akita
• Education:
• Akita Senior High School
• Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University

• Career:
• Member, House of Councillors (HC) (two terms)


• Ministry of Finance (1973)
• District Director,Yamanashi Tax Office
• Director, Large Enterprise Department, Osaka Regional Taxation Bureau
• Visiting Researcher, Princeton University
• Director, Securities and Exchange Examination Office, Ministry of Finance
• Director, Budget Bureau, Ministry of Finance
• Budget Examiner, Budget Bureau, Ministry of Finance
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
• State Minister for Foreign Affairs
• Minister of Justice
• Deputy Chairperson, Diet Affairs Committee, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
• Director, LDP Health, Labour and Welfare Division
• Chairperson, LDP Personnel Committee
• Deputy Chairperson, LDP General Council
• Acting Secretary-General, LDP
• Chair, HC Standing Committee on Health, Welfare and Labour
• Senior Director, HC Standing Committee on Rules and Administration
• Chair, Standing Committee on Financial Affairs, House of Representatives (HR)
• Chair, HR Standing Committee on Budget