Keiichiro Asao(Thiển đuôi khánh một lang,Asao Keiichirō,born February 11, 1964)is a Japanesepoliticianand a member of theHouse of Councillorsin theDiet(national legislature).
Keiichiro Asao | |
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Thiển đuôi khánh một lang | |
 Official portrait, 2023 | |
| Minister of the Environment | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Shigeru Ishiba |
| Preceded by | Shintaro Ito |
| Member of theHouse of Councillors | |
| Assumed office 26 July 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Kenji Nakanishi |
| Constituency | Kanagawa at-large |
| In office 26 July 1998 – 18 August 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Fumio Saitō |
| Succeeded by | Yōichi Kaneko |
| Constituency | Kanagawa at-large |
| Member of theHouse of Representatives | |
| In office 30 August 2009 – 28 September 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Multi-member district |
| Succeeded by | Yuki Waseda |
| Constituency | Southern Kanto PR(2009–2012) Kanagawa 4th(2012–2017) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 February 1964 Tokyo,Japan |
| Political party | LDP(since 2017) |
| Other political affiliations | New Frontier(1996–1997) New Fraternity(1997–1998) Democratic(1998–2009) Your Party(2009–2014) Independent(2014–2017) |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo Stanford University(GSB) |
| Website | https://asao.net/ |
He has been a member of theDemocratic Party of Japan (DPJ),then ofYour Party,then an independent. In September 2017, he applies to join theLDP.[1]
A native ofTokyoand graduate of the law faculty of theUniversity of Tokyo,he joinedIndustrial Bank of Japanin 1987, receiving MBA in 1992 fromStanford Universitywhile working at the bank. Leaving the bank in 1995, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1998 to representKanagawa Prefecture.[2]He was re-elected in 2004, and was appointed the Shadow Foreign Minister by the DPJ leaderSeiji Maehara.He was later expelled from the DPJ after announcing he would run for a district seat in Kanagawa during the2009 General election,joiningYour Partyas a founding member one month later.[3]Taking helm of the party in April 2014 after a financial scandal touching its founder,[4]he voted in favor of disbanding it in November 2014 over dissension against plans to support theLDP.[5]In October 2016 however, Asao began voting with the LDP lower house fraction,[6]and then joined the LDP in September 2017 after the announcement of anticipated elections by prime ministerAbe.[1]
References
edit- ^ab"２ chúng viện nghị viên: Thiển đuôi khánh một lang, tùng bổn mới vừa minh の lạng thị が tự dân đảng に nhập đảng giới - mỗi ngày tin tức".Mỗi ngày tin tức(in Japanese).Retrieved2017-09-27.
- ^Chính trị gia tình báo 〜 thiển đuôi khánh một lang 〜.ザ･ tuyển cử(in Japanese).JANJAN.Archived fromthe originalon 2007-12-08.Retrieved2007-10-23.
- ^"Ex-minister Watanabe starts new political party".The Japan Times Online.2009-08-09.ISSN0447-5763.Retrieved2017-09-27.
- ^Mie, Ayako (2014-04-11)."Asao takes helm of Your Party".The Japan Times Online.ISSN0447-5763.Retrieved2017-09-27.
- ^Aoki, Mizuho; Yoshida, Reiji (2014-11-19)."Abe's snap election claims first victim as Your Party disbands".The Japan Times Online.ISSN0447-5763.Retrieved2017-09-27.
- ^"Bành trương する tự dân… Cũ みんな đại biểu ・ thiển đuôi khánh một lang thị も sẽ phái nhập り tương thứ ぐ nhập đảng ・ phục đảng に cán lịch も".Sản kinh ニュース(in Japanese).Retrieved2017-09-27.
External links
edit- Official websitein Japanese.
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