Yasuhisa Shiozaki
| Yasuhisa Shiozaki | |
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| 塩崎 恭久 | |
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| Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare | |
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Assumed office 3 September 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
| Preceded by | Norihisa Tamura |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary | |
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In office 26 September 2006 – 27 August 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Shinzō Abe |
| Succeeded by | Kaoru Yosano |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
7 November 1950 Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Alma mater |
University of Tokyo John F. Kennedy School of Government Harvard University |
Yasuhisa Shiozaki (塩崎 恭久 Shiozaki Yasuhisa?, b. November 7, 1950) is a Japanese politician who served as Chief Cabinet Secretary to Prime Minister Shinzō Abe until August 2007.
Born in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, he was an AFS exchange student in high school, graduated with a liberal arts degree from the University of Tokyo and attended the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He spent three years working at the Economic Planning Agency (of which his father, Jun Shiozaki, was then director) and at the Bank of Japan. He then worked as a secretary to his father.
Following his father's resignation, he ran for the Diet in 1993 and was elected to represent the first district of Ehime. He served as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs in the 2005 cabinet of Junichiro Koizumi and was appointed Chief Cabinet Secretary on September 26, 2006, and held the position until a cabinet shuffle at the end of August 2007.
His appointment as Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare in the second Abe administration was announced on September 3, 2014.
Shiozaki's profile on the LDP website:
Like most member of Shinzo Abe's Cabinet, Shiozaki is affiliated to the openly revisionist organization Nippon Kaigi. He also is a member of the following right-wing group at the Diet:
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