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Noda Cabinet (Formed September 2, 2011)

FINANCE MINISTER

Jun Azumi

FINANCE MINISTER Jun Azumi

Date of birth: Jan. 17, 1962

Party: DPJ

Electoral district: Lower House; Miyagi No. 5 (fifth term)

Azumi has been his party's Diet affairs chief since January but was a senior vice defense minister when the Naoto Kan Cabinet was initially launched in September 2010.

Azumi represents Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, a city heavily damaged by the March 11 disaster.

Taking over Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's former position, he is likely to follow his predecessor's basic position of seeking to raise taxes provisionally to pay for the disaster reconstruction.

When the DPJ was still in the opposition camp, Azumi often appeared on television as one of the party's most vocal critics of the rival Liberal Democratic Party.

Before entering politics, Azumi was a political reporter for NHK.

A graduate of Waseda University, he is married with two children.


 

Subsequent changes

PRIME MINISTER Yoshihiko Noda

PRIME MINISTER

Yoshihiko Noda

INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER Tatsuo Kawabata

INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER

Tatsuo Kawabata

JUSTICE MINISTER Hideo Hiraoka

JUSTICE MINISTER

Hideo Hiraoka

FOREIGN MINISTER Koichiro Genba

FOREIGN MINISTER

Koichiro Genba

EDUCATION, CULTURE, SPORTS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MINISTER Masaharu Nakagawa

EDUCATION, CULTURE, SPORTS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MINISTER

Masaharu Nakagawa

HEALTH, LABOR AND WELFARE MINISTER Yoko Komiyama

HEALTH, LABOR AND WELFARE MINISTER

Yoko Komiyama

AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES MINISTER Michihiko Kano

AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES MINISTER

Michihiko Kano

ECONOMY, TRADE AND INDUSTRY MINISTER Yoshio Hachiro

ECONOMY, TRADE AND INDUSTRY MINISTER

Yoshio Hachiro

LAND,
INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND TOURISM MINISTER Takeshi Maeda

LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND TOURISM MINISTER

Takeshi Maeda

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER, STATE MINISTER, NUCLEAR ACCIDENT SETTLEMENT AND PREVENTION Goshi Hosono

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER, STATE MINISTER, NUCLEAR ACCIDENT SETTLEMENT AND PREVENTION

Goshi Hosono

DEFENSE MINISTER Yasuo Ichikawa

DEFENSE MINISTER

Yasuo Ichikawa

CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY Osamu Fujimura

CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY

Osamu Fujimura

NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN Kenji Yamaoka

NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN

Kenji Yamaoka

STATE MINISTER,  FINANCIAL AND POSTAL ISSUES Shozaburo Jimi

STATE MINISTER, FINANCIAL AND POSTAL ISSUES

Shozaburo Jimi

STATE MINISTER, NATIONAL STRATEGY, ECONOMIC AND FISCAL POLICY Motohisa Furukawa

STATE MINISTER, NATIONAL STRATEGY, ECONOMIC AND FISCAL POLICY

Motohisa Furukawa

STATE MINISTER, GOVERNMENT REVITALIZATION Renho

STATE MINISTER, GOVERNMENT REVITALIZATION

Renho

STATE MINISTER, POSTDISASTER RECONSTRUCTION Tatsuo Hirano

STATE MINISTER, POSTDISASTER RECONSTRUCTION

Tatsuo Hirano