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Kan Cabinet (Formed June 8, 2010)

MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS

Kazuhiro Haraguchi

MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS Kazuhiro Haraguchi

Date of birth: July 2, 1959

Party: Democratic Party of Japan

Electoral district: Lower House; Saga No. 1 (fifth term)

Haraguchi often appears on TV and is popular with the public for his analyses of tax, pension and decentralization issues.

After becoming the internal affairs and communications minister last year, he forged a plan to slash hiring of central government officials.

He began his political career in 1987 as an LDP member in the Saga Prefectural Assembly. He switched to Shinshinto and held some of the party's local chapter executive posts.

Winning a Lower House seat in 1996, he joined the DPJ two years later, after Shinshinto disbanded.

After studying psychology at the University of Tokyo, Haraguchi attended the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management.


 

Subsequent changes

PRIME MINISTER Naoto Kan

PRIME MINISTER

Naoto Kan

JUSTICE MINISTER Keiko Chiba

JUSTICE MINISTER

Keiko Chiba

FOREIGN MINISTER Katsuya Okada

FOREIGN MINISTER

Katsuya Okada

FINANCE MINISTER Yoshihiko Noda

FINANCE MINISTER

Yoshihiko Noda

EDUCATION, CULTURE, SPORTS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MINISTER Tatsuo Kawabata

EDUCATION, CULTURE, SPORTS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MINISTER

Tatsuo Kawabata

MINISTER OF HEALTH, LABOR AND WELFARE Akira Nagatsuma

MINISTER OF HEALTH, LABOR AND WELFARE

Akira Nagatsuma

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES Masahiko Yamada

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES

Masahiko Yamada

MINISTER OF ECONOMY, TRADE, AND INDUSTRY Masayuki Naoshima

MINISTER OF ECONOMY, TRADE, AND INDUSTRY

Masayuki Naoshima

MINISTER OF LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND TOURISM Seiji Maehara

MINISTER OF LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND TOURISM

Seiji Maehara

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER Sakihito Ozawa

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER

Sakihito Ozawa

DEFENSE MINISTER Toshimi Kitazawa

DEFENSE MINISTER

Toshimi Kitazawa

CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY Yoshito Sengoku

CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY

Yoshito Sengoku

NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN Hiroshi Nakai

NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN

Hiroshi Nakai

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF FINANCIAL AND POSTAL ISSUES Shizuka Kamei

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF FINANCIAL AND POSTAL ISSUES

Shizuka Kamei

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF NATIONAL POLICY Satoshi Arai

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF NATIONAL POLICY

Satoshi Arai

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF CIVIL SERVICE REFORM AND DECLINING BIRTHRATE Koichiro Genba

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF CIVIL SERVICE REFORM AND DECLINING BIRTHRATE

Koichiro Genba

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF GOVERNMENT REVITALIZATION Renho

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF GOVERNMENT REVITALIZATION

Renho