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秋野 公造
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秋野 公造

あきの こうぞう

AKINO Kozo

政務調査会長Chair of Policy Research Council

公明参議院· House of Councillors福岡· Fukuoka公明党· Komeito3 terms

Born 1967-07-11 · 兵庫県神戸市須磨区 (Suma Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture)

Policy issues

Current positions

Party Positions

  • 政務調査会長
    Chair of Policy Research Council
  • 参議院公明党議員団 政策審議会長
    Chair of the Policy Research Council, Komeito in the House of Councillors

Career & history

Government Posts

  1. Sep 15, 2023財務副大臣を退任[1]
    Resigned as State Minister of Finance
  2. Aug 12, 2022第2次岸田第1次改造内閣にて財務副大臣に就任[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
    Appointed as State Minister of Finance in the Second Kishida Cabinet (First Reshuffle)
  3. Sep 2013環境大臣政務官兼内閣府大臣政務官を退任[1]
    Resigned as Parliamentary Vice-Minister for the Environment and Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Cabinet Office
  4. Dec 26, 2012第2次安倍内閣にて環境大臣政務官兼内閣府大臣政務官に就任[1][2][3][4][5]
    Appointed as Parliamentary Vice-Minister for the Environment and Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Cabinet Office in the Second Abe Cabinet

Party Posts

  1. Jan 22, 2026公明党政務調査会長に就任[1][2][3][4][5][6]
    Appointed as Chairperson of the Policy Research Council of Komeito
  2. Sep 2020公明党参議院国会対策委員長および党中央幹事に就任[1][2][3][4][5]
    Appointed as Chairperson of the Diet Affairs Committee in the House of Councillors of Komeito and member of the Central Steering Committee
  3. Dec 2009公明党青年局次長兼党国際局次長に就任[1]
    Appointed as Deputy Director of the Youth Division and Deputy Director of the International Division of Komeito

Committee Chairs

  1. Oct 2018参議院総務委員長に就任[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
    Appointed as Chairperson of the Committee on General Affairs of the House of Councillors
  2. Sep 2016参議院法務委員長に就任[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
    Appointed as Chairperson of the Committee on Judicial Affairs of the House of Councillors
  3. Sep 2014参議院災害対策特別委員長に就任[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
    Appointed as Chairperson of the Special Committee on Disaster Matters of the House of Councillors

Professional Career

  1. Aug 2009厚生労働省東京検疫所東京空港検疫所支所長に就任[1][2][3][4][5][6]
    Appointed as Director of the Tokyo Airport Quarantine Branch, Tokyo Quarantine Station, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
  2. May 2009新型インフルエンザ発生に伴い、成田空港での検疫業務に従事[1]
    Engaged in quarantine operations at Narita Airport due to the outbreak of new influenza
  3. 2009厚生労働省を退職[1][2][3]
    Retired from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
  4. Nov 2008長崎大学客員教授に就任[1][2]
    Appointed as a Visiting Professor at Nagasaki University
  5. Apr 2008厚生労働省医薬食品局血液対策課課長補佐に就任[1][2]
    Appointed as Deputy Director of the Blood Service Division, Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
  6. 2007厚生労働省医系技官採用試験に合格[1][2]
    Passed the examination for medical officers at the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
  7. Apr 2006厚生労働省に出向し、健康局疾病対策課課長補佐に就任[1][2][3]
    Seconded to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as Deputy Director of the Disease Control Division, Health Service Bureau
  8. Apr 2002長崎大学大学院医学部講師に就任[1]
    Appointed as a Lecturer in the Graduate School of Medicine, Nagasaki University
  9. Dec 2001長崎大学医学部講師に就任[1][2]
    Appointed as a Lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine, Nagasaki University
  10. Apr 2000米国シーダース・サイナイ・メディカルセンター リサーチフェローに就任[1][2]
    Appointed as a Research Fellow at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in the USA
  11. Apr 1996長崎大学医学部助手に就任[1]
    Appointed as an Assistant in the Faculty of Medicine, Nagasaki University
  12. 1992医師免許を取得[1][2][3]
    Obtained medical license

Education

  1. Mar 1996長崎大学大学院医学研究科博士課程を修了[1][2][3][4]
    Completed the doctoral program at the Graduate School of Medicine, Nagasaki University
  2. 1996博士(医学)の学位を取得[1][2][3]
    Obtained Ph.D. in Medicine
  3. Mar 1992長崎大学医学部を卒業[1][2][3][4][5]
    Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, Nagasaki University
  4. ~ Mar 1986白陵高等学校を卒業[1][2]
    Graduated from Hakuryo Senior High School

Publications

  1. Jun 2022『まだ終わっていない弱者の病・結核』(ライフ出版社)を刊行[1][2][3][4]
    Published 'The Disease of the Vulnerable Not Yet Over: Tuberculosis' (Life Publishing)
  2. Sep 2021『令和の養生訓』(星雲社)を刊行[1][2][3][4]
    Published 'Reiwa Guidelines for Health' (Seiunsha)
  3. Jul 2020『やさしい腎代替療法』(西村書店)を刊行[1][2][3][4]
    Published 'Easy Renal Replacement Therapy' (Nishimura Shoten)
  4. May 2020『腎代替療法の未来』(西村書店)を刊行[1][2][3][4]
    Published 'The Future of Renal Replacement Therapy' (Nishimura Shoten)
  5. Mar 2013『胃がんは「ピロリ菌除菌」でなくせる』(潮出版社)を刊行[1][2][3][4]
    Published 'Stomach Cancer Can Be Eradicated by "H. Pylori Eradication"' (Ushio Publishing)

Awards

  1. Oct 28, 2025日本結核・非結核性抗酸菌症学会百周年特別功労賞を受賞[1][2]
    Received the Centennial Special Distinguished Service Award from the Japanese Society for Tuberculosis and Non-tuberculous Mycobacteriosis
  2. Sep 2024小倉剣道連盟主催の武道祭にて敢闘賞を受賞[1]
    Received the Fighting Spirit Award at the Martial Arts Festival hosted by the Kokura Kendo Federation
  3. Dec 2020日本輸血・細胞療法学会より大戸特別功労賞を受賞[1]
    Received the Ohto Distinguished Service Award from the Japan Society of Transfusion Medicine and Cell Therapy
  4. Dec 2019日本エイズ学会功労賞を受賞[1][2]
    Received the Distinguished Service Award from the Japanese AIDS Society
  5. May 2013北海道医療大学の浅香正博特任教授より感謝状を受ける[1]
    Received a certificate of appreciation from Specially Appointed Professor Masahiro Asaka of Hokkaido Medical University
  6. Apr 2009米国・日本創傷治癒学会ジョイント学会第1回優秀演題賞を受賞[1][2]
    Received the Best Abstract Award at the 1st Joint Meeting of the American and Japanese Societies for Wound Healing
  7. Dec 2008日本創傷治癒学会研究奨励賞を受賞[1][2]
    Received the Research Award from the Japanese Society for Wound Healing
  8. Oct 2005ヨーロッパ組織再建学会若手研究奨励賞を受賞[1][2]
    Received the Young Investigator Award from the European Tissue Repair Society
  9. Jun 2002日本内分泌学会若手研究奨励賞を受賞[1][2]
    Received the Young Investigator Award from the Japan Endocrine Society

Other

  1. Jul 10, 2022第26回参議院議員通常選挙(福岡県選挙区)にて3回目の当選[1][2]
    Elected for a third term to the House of Councillors (Fukuoka Prefecture constituency)
  2. Jul 10, 2016第24回参議院議員通常選挙(比例区)にて再選[1]
    Re-elected to the House of Councillors (Proportional Representation)
  3. Jul 11, 2010第22回参議院議員通常選挙(比例区)にて初当選[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
    First elected to the House of Councillors (Proportional Representation)
  4. Jul 11, 1967兵庫県神戸市須磨区に生まれる[1][2][3]
    Born in Suma-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture

Elections

ElectionDateConstituencyPartyResultVotesRateSource
第26回参議院議員選挙
26th House of Councillors election
2022-07-10
福岡選挙区
Fukuoka Constituency
公明党
Komeito
Elected348,70017.40%
第24回参議院議員選挙 比例区全国比例区
24th House of Councillors election proportional representation district nationwide proportional representation
2016-07-10
PR only
公明党
Komeito
Elected
第22回参議院議員選挙 比例区全国比例区
22nd House of Councillors election, proportional representation district nationwide proportional representation
2010-07-11
PR only
公明党
Komeito
Elected

Committee memberships

審査会· Deliberative Council

  • 情報監視審査会
    Board of Information Oversight and Review
    委員· Member

常任委員会· Standing Committee

  • 厚生労働委員会
    Committee on Health, Welfare and Labour
    委員· Member
  • 懲罰委員会
    Committee on Discipline
    委員· Member

特別委員会· Special Committee

  • 沖縄・北方問題及び地方に関する特別委員会
    Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems as well as Regional Issues
    委員· Member

Offices

Diet Office

参議院議員会館
参議院議員会館
Room
711
Fax
03-6551-0711

北九州事務所

福岡県北九州市戸畑区初音町6-7 中西ビル201
201 Nakanishi Bldg., 6-7 Hatsunemachi, Tobata-ku, Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka
Fax
093-873-7551

福岡事務所

福岡県福岡市東区箱崎1-1-15
1-1-15 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka
Fax
092-651-1167

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