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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

FOREIGN MINISTER Seiji Maehara

FOREIGN MINISTER

Seiji Maehara

DEFENSE MINISTER Toshimi Kitazawa

DEFENSE MINISTER

Toshimi Kitazawa

CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY Yoshito Sengoku

CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY

Yoshito Sengoku

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 AND CIVIL SERVICE REFORM Renho

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF GOVERNMENT REVITALIZATION AND CIVIL SERVICE REFORM

Renho

MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS Yoshihiro Katayama

MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS

Yoshihiro Katayama

JUSTICE MINISTER Minoru Yanagida

JUSTICE MINISTER

Minoru Yanagida

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 ECONOMY, TRADE, AND INDUSTRY Akihiro Ohata

MINISTER OF ECONOMY, TRADE, AND INDUSTRY

Akihiro Ohata

MINISTER OF LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND TOURISM Sumio Mabuchi

MINISTER OF LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND TOURISM

Sumio Mabuchi

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER Ryu Matsumoto

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER

Ryu Matsumoto

NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION CHAIRWOMAN Tomiko Okazaki

NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION CHAIRWOMAN

Tomiko Okazaki

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF ECONOMIC AND FISCAL POLICY AND SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY Banri Kaieda

STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF ECONOMIC AND FISCAL POLICY AND SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

Banri Kaieda