HIRASAWA Katsuei

Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Tokyo 17th District (single-seat constituency), elected ten times

• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Born: 4 September 1945, Shirakawa, Gifu
• Education:
• Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo, Japan
• Master's degree, Duke University, USA

• Career:
• National Police Agency (1968)
• First Secretary, Embassy of Japan, 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, HR Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs
• 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