Katsunobu Katō
Katsunobu Katō | |
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Thêm đằng thắng tin | |
![]() Official portrait, 2020 | |
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare | |
In office 10 August 2022 – 13 September 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Fumio Kishida |
Preceded by | Shigeyuki Goto |
Succeeded by | Keizō Takemi |
In office 11 September 2019 – 16 September 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
Preceded by | Takumi Nemoto |
Succeeded by | Norihisa Tamura |
In office 3 August 2017 – 2 October 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
Preceded by | Yasuhisa Shiozaki |
Succeeded by | Takumi Nemoto |
Chief Cabinet Secretary | |
In office 16 September 2020 – 4 October 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Yoshihide Suga |
Preceded by | Yoshihide Suga |
Succeeded by | Hirokazu Matsuno |
Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate | |
In office 7 October 2015 – 3 August 2017 | |
Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
Preceded by | Haruko Arimura |
Succeeded by | Masaji Matsuyama |
Member of theHouse of Representatives | |
Assumed office 10 November 2003 | |
Constituency | Chūgoku block(2003–2009) Okayama's 5th district(2009–present) |
Personal details | |
Born | Katsunobu Murosaki 22 November 1955 Tokyo,Japan |
Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
Spouse | Shuko Kato |
Children | 4 |
Relatives | Mutsuki Kato(father-in-law) Takenori Kato(uncle-in-law) Koko Kato(sister-in-law) |
Alma mater | University of Tokyo(BEc) |
Occupation | Economist•Politician |
Katsunobu Katō( thêm đằng thắng tin,Katō Katsunobu;born 22 November 1955) is a Japanese politician, who previously served as theMinister of Health, Labour, and Welfareat three times from 2017 to 2018 and from 2019 to 2020 and again from 2022 to 2023. He also served as theChief Cabinet Secretaryfrom 2020 to 2021. Belonging to theLiberal Democratic Party,he has been a member of theHouse of Representativessince 2003.
Born and raised inTokyoand a graduate of theUniversity of Tokyo,Kato had a bureaucratic career in theMinistry of Financebefore going into politics.
Early life, family, and career
[edit]Kato was born as Katsunobu Murosaki ( thất kỳ thắng tin ) on 22 November 1955 in Tokyo, Japan. His father, Katsutoshi Murosaki, was an executive atHino Motors.The family came fromShimane Prefecture,where his grandfather, Katsuzo Murosaki was a businessman and prefectural assemblyman. Kato studied economics at theUniversity of Tokyoand joined the Ministry of Finance upon graduating in 1979. He held several positions, such as chief of theKurayoshiTax Office, secretary toDeputy Chief Cabinet SecretaryHideo Watanabeand chief inspector for the labour and defense budgets.[1][2]
In April 1994, Kato was assigned as secretary to the Minister of Agriculture Mutsuki Kato. Kato married Shuko Kato, the daughter of Mutsuki Kato. As his family had only daughters, Kato wasadoptedby his father-in-law to carry on his family name. He retired from the Ministry of Finance in 1995 and became his father-in-law's personal secretary.[1][2][3][4]
Political career
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Kato would pursue his political career inOkayama Prefecture,where his adoptive family was based. After unsuccessful runs in1998and2000,Kato was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in the2003 general election.He had initially run as an independent as his father-in-law had left the LDP, however fellow Okayama politician and former Prime MinisterRyutaro Hashimotorecruited him for the party and when elected, Kato joined theHeisei Kenkyukailed by Hashimoto. This was significant as Hashimoto and Mutsuki Kato had long been rivals in the political world of Okayama.[5]
Kato became a confidant ofShinzo Abe.This was partially due to a family relationship, as Mutsuki Kato had been a close ally of Abe's fatherShintaro Abeand his wife had remained a close friend of Abe's mother,Yoko.[1][3][4]In August 2007, Kato became parliamentary vice minister to the Cabinet Office in theAbe Cabinet.He was retained until the end of theYasuo Fukuda Cabinet.[2]
When Abe was re-elected as president of the LDP in September 2012, he appointed Kato as his special assistant. In December of the same year, the LDP returned to government and Kato was appointedDeputy Chief Cabinet Secretary.In October 2015, Kato joined the cabinet for the first time as minister of state with a portfolio including countermeasures against the declining birthrate and women's empowerment.[6][7]
When Shinzo Abe reshuffled his cabinet in August 2017, Kato became as the Minister of Health, Labor, and Welfare, but he left cabinet in October 2018when he was appointed Chairman of the General Council, one of four key posts in the LDP. Kato was reappointed as Minister of Health, Labor, and Welfare in September 2019.[2][3]As such, Kato helped shape the government's response to theCOVID-19 pandemic.
After Abe resigned as Prime Minister on 16 September 2020 due to health reasons, Kato was appointedChief Cabinet Secretaryunder his successorYoshihide Suga.[8]After the end of theSuga Cabinetafter one year, Kato became chairman of the Social Security Research Commission and subcommittee chairman of the Tax Research Commission within the LDP.[9]
In August 2022 when Prime MinisterFumio Kishidareshuffled his cabinetfollowing theassassinationof former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe one month previous, Kato was appointed Minister of Health, Labor, and Welfare for the third time.[2]In April 2023, Kato announced that the government would downgrade the classification of COVID-19 to be on par with "seasonal flu" by midnight 8 May after the three days delayed during the 8-day holiday period ofGolden Week Festival[10][11][12][13][14]
Kato left cabinet due to thereshufflein September 2023, after which he once again became chairman of the Social Security Research Commission, and as well as Secretary-General of the LDP Headquarters for Realizing Constitutional Revision.[15]
Katō is affiliated with the conservative organizationNippon Kaigi.[16]
Honours
[edit]Netherlands:Grand Officer of theOrder of Orange-Nassau(29 October 2014)[17]
References
[edit]- ^abcNakajima, Takeshi (3 February 2019)."Trung đảo nhạc chí の “Tự dân đảng を đọc む” ( 6 ) thêm đằng thắng tin ".Ronza.The Asahi Shimbun Company.Retrieved16 August2024.
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- ^"Quan phòng phó trưởng quan に thêm đằng thị tham viện から thế cày thị を đề bạt".The Nikkei(in Japanese). 2012-12-19.Retrieved2023-11-08.
- ^"Suga taps Kato as chief Cabinet Secretary, to retain key ministers".Kyodo News.September 15, 2020.Retrieved2020-09-16.
- ^"Tự dân thuế điều, tiểu ủy viên trường に thêm đằng thắng tin thị, hội trưởng は cung trạch thị".The Sankei Shimbun(in Japanese). 2021-11-16.Retrieved2023-11-08.
- ^"Japan to Lower COVID-19 Classification as Planned May 8".The Japan News.April 27, 2023.Retrieved2023-04-27.
- ^"It's official: COVID-19 will be downgraded in Japan by May 8 during the Golden Week Festival".Asahi Shimbun.April 27, 2023.Retrieved2023-04-27.
- ^"Japan to officially downgrade COVID-19 in May".NHK World News.April 27, 2023.Retrieved2023-05-05.
- ^"Japan formally decides to downgrade COVID-19 to flu level on May 8".Kyodo News.April 27, 2023.Retrieved2023-04-27.
- ^"Japan to downgrade COVID-19 to flu level on May 8".Nikkei Asia.Archived fromthe originalon 6 May 2023.Retrieved2023-05-03.
- ^"< một mình > tự dân hiến pháp sửa lại thật hiện bản bộ sự vụ tổng trường に thêm đằng thắng tin ・ trước hậu 労 tương の đề bạt kiểm thảo".The Sankei Shimbun(in Japanese). 2023-10-03.Retrieved2023-11-08.
- ^Nippon Kaigi website
- ^Decoraties Staatsbezoeken Japan en Republiek KoreaArchived2014-11-04 at theWayback Machine- website of the Dutch Royal House
- Chính trị gia tình báo 〜 thêm đằng thắng tin 〜.JANJAN(in Japanese).Retrieved2007-10-20.
External links
[edit]- Official website(in Japanese)
- Members of the House of Representatives (Japan)
- University of Tokyo alumni
- Politicians from Okayama Prefecture
- Living people
- 1955 births
- Members of Nippon Kaigi
- Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians
- 21st-century Japanese politicians
- Chief Cabinet Secretaries of Japan
- Ministers of health and welfare of Japan