HIRASAWA Katsuei

• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Elected: Tokyo 17th District (single-seat constituency), nine times
• Born: 4 September 1945
• Education:
• Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo, Japan
• Master's degree, Duke University, USA

• Career:
• National Police Agency (1968)
• First Secretary, Embassy of Japan in the UK
• Executive Secretary to the Chief Cabinet Secretary
• Director, Crime Prevention Division, Metropolitan Police Department
• Chief, Okayama Prefectural Police Headquarters
• Senior Councilor, Commissioner-General's Secretariat, National Police Agency
• Senior Councilor, Minister's Secretariat, Defense Agency
• State Minister of Cabinet Office
• Chair, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives (HR)
• Chair, HR Special Committee on North Korean Abductions and Other Issues
• Director, HR Standing Committee on Budget
• President, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Central Institute of Politics
• Chairperson, LDP Public Relations Headquarters
• Minister for Reconstruction
• Director-General, LDP International Bureau