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Noda Cabinet (Formed September 2, 2011)

AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES MINISTER

Akira Gunji

AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES MINISTER Akira Gunji

Date of birth: Dec. 11, 1949

Party: DPJ

Electoral district: Upper House; Ibaraki (third term)

Gunji served as senior vice agricultural minister in the Cabinets of Prime Ministers Yukio Hatoyama and Naoto Kan. His long career in the agriculture ministry is the probable reason he has now been tapped for the top spot.

He dropped out of Meiji Gakuin University in 1971 to work for the Isejin Group, which runs hotel, real estate and restaurant businesses in Ibaraki Prefecture. Gunji is a native of Mito, the capital of Ibaraki, where the Isejin Group is based.

Gunji became deputy secretary general of Zenkoku Nodanro, an agricultural cooperative union group, when it was launched in 1989. He served in key union positions until 1998, when he was elected to the Upper House from the Ibaraki district.

He has chaired of the farm, forestry and fisheries division of the DPJ's policy affairs council.


 

Subsequent changes

PRIME MINISTER Yoshihiko Noda

PRIME MINISTER

Yoshihiko Noda

INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER Tatsuo Kawabata

INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER

Tatsuo Kawabata

FOREIGN MINISTER Koichiro Genba

FOREIGN MINISTER

Koichiro Genba

FINANCE MINISTER Jun Azumi

FINANCE MINISTER

Jun Azumi

HEALTH, LABOR AND WELFARE MINISTER Yoko Komiyama

HEALTH, LABOR AND WELFARE MINISTER

Yoko Komiyama

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

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER, STATE MINISTER, NUCLEAR ACCIDENT SETTLEMENT AND PREVENTION

Goshi Hosono

CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY Osamu Fujimura

CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY

Osamu Fujimura

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

STATE MINISTER, NATIONAL STRATEGY, ECONOMIC AND FISCAL POLICY

Motohisa Furukawa

RECONSTRUCTION MINISTER Tatsuo Hirano

RECONSTRUCTION MINISTER

Tatsuo Hirano

ECONOMY, TRADE AND INDUSTRY MINISTER Yukio Edano

ECONOMY, TRADE AND INDUSTRY MINISTER

Yukio Edano

STATE MINISTER, SOCIAL SECURITY AND TAX REFORMS, AND GOVERNMENT REVITALIZATION Katsuya Okada

STATE MINISTER, SOCIAL SECURITY AND TAX REFORMS, AND GOVERNMENT REVITALIZATION

Katsuya Okada

EDUCATION, CULTURE, SPORTS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MINISTER Hirofumi Hirano

EDUCATION, CULTURE, SPORTS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MINISTER

Hirofumi Hirano

NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN Jin Matsubara

NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN

Jin Matsubara

STATE MINISTER, DISASTER PREVENTION Masaharu Nakagawa

STATE MINISTER, DISASTER PREVENTION

Masaharu Nakagawa

LAND,
INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND TOURISM MINISTER Yuichiro Hata

LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND TOURISM MINISTER

Yuichiro Hata

STATE MINISTER,  FINANCIAL AND POSTAL ISSUES Tadahiro Matsushita

STATE MINISTER, FINANCIAL AND POSTAL ISSUES

Tadahiro Matsushita

DEFENSE MINISTER Satoshi Morimoto

DEFENSE MINISTER

Satoshi Morimoto

JUSTICE MINISTER Makoto Taki

JUSTICE MINISTER

Makoto Taki