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Kan Cabinet (Formed June 8, 2010)

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF FINANCIAL AND POSTAL ISSUES

Shozaburo Jimi

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF FINANCIAL AND POSTAL ISSUES Shozaburo Jimi

Date of birth: Nov. 5, 1945

Party: Kokumin Shinto

Electoral district: Upper House; proportional representation (first term)

One of the few politicians with a medical background, Jimi is a 1977 graduate of the department of medicine of Kyushu University in Fukuoka Prefecture. He has also spent time at Harvard University as a researcher.

Jimi has worked strenuously to revise the organ transplant and health insurance laws, and establish nursing care insurance.

Born into a political family, he won a Lower House seat for the first time in 1983, defeating better known candidates in his Fukuoka district.

A Fukuoka native, Jimi also worked on the budget for New Kitakyushu Airport to help revitalize the city. He is the only Cabinet member from DPJ coalition partner Kokumin Shinto (People's New Party).


 

Subsequent changes

PRIME MINISTER Naoto Kan

PRIME MINISTER

Naoto Kan

FINANCE MINISTER Yoshihiko Noda

FINANCE MINISTER

Yoshihiko Noda

DEFENSE MINISTER Toshimi Kitazawa

DEFENSE MINISTER

Toshimi Kitazawa

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF NATIONAL POLICY Koichiro Genba

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF NATIONAL POLICY

Koichiro Genba

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF GOVERNMENT REVITALIZATION Renho

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF GOVERNMENT REVITALIZATION

Renho

MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS Yoshihiro Katayama

MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS

Yoshihiro Katayama

EDUCATION, CULTURE, SPORTS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MINISTER Yoshiaki Takaki

EDUCATION, CULTURE, SPORTS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MINISTER

Yoshiaki Takaki

MINISTER OF HEALTH, LABOR AND WELFARE Ritsuo Hosokawa

MINISTER OF HEALTH, LABOR AND WELFARE

Ritsuo Hosokawa

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES Michihiko Kano

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES

Michihiko Kano

MINISTER OF LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND TOURISM Akihiro Ohata

MINISTER OF LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND TOURISM

Akihiro Ohata

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER Ryu Matsumoto

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER

Ryu Matsumoto

MINISTER OF ECONOMY, TRADE, AND INDUSTRY Banri Kaieda

MINISTER OF ECONOMY, TRADE, AND INDUSTRY

Banri Kaieda

JUSTICE MINISTER Satsuki Eda

JUSTICE MINISTER

Satsuki Eda

CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY Yukio Edano

CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY

Yukio Edano

NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN Kansei Nakano

NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN

Kansei Nakano

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF ECONOMIC AND FISCAL POLICY Kaoru Yosano

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF ECONOMIC AND FISCAL POLICY

Kaoru Yosano