SUEMATSU Yoshinori

• In-House Group: The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the Independent
• Elected: Tokyo 19th District (single-seat constituency), seven times
• Born: 5 December 1956, Yahatanishi, Kitakyushu
• Education:
• Hitotsubashi University, Japan
• Master of Arts, Graduate School, Princeton University, USA

• Career:
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• State Minister of Cabinet Office
• First State Minister for Reconstruction
• Special Advisor to the Prime Minister
• Manager, Research Committee on Constitution, Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP)
• Deliberative Member, CDP Policy Research Committee
• Chair, Special Committee on Children and Youth Affairs, House of Representatives (HR)
• Chair, HR Special Committee on Consumer Affairs
• Chair, HR Special Committee on Reconstruction after Great East Japan Earthquake
• Chair, HR Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems
• Senior Director, HR Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs
• Senior Director, HR Standing Committee on Financial Affairs