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Hatoyama Cabinet (Formed September 16, 2009)
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, FINANCE MINISTER, AND STATE MINISTER FOR ECONOMIC AND FISCAL POLICY
Naoto Kan
Date of birth: Oct. 10, 1946
Party: DPJ
Electoral district: Lower House; Tokyo No. 18 (10th term)
Kan is best known for exposing the HIV-tainted blood products debacle during his time as health minister and getting the government to accept responsibility for it in 1996.
With his experience fighting bureaucrats, Kan is considered a good choice for the planned National Strategy Bureau, which will oversee policies and the budget.
A Tokyo Institute of Technology graduate, Kan lost in the 1976 and 1979 Lower House elections and the 1977 Upper House poll before entering the Lower House in 1980 as a member of now-defunct Socialist Democratic Federation.
Kan is a DPJ founder and was copresident in 1996.
*Appointed to take over duties of Hirohisa Fujii (Finance Minister) after his resignation Jan 7, 2010.
Subsequent changes
- Sep. 16, 09
- Jan. 7, 10
- Feb. 10, 10
- May. 28, 10
