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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
- Resigned as State Minister of Finance
- Appointed as State Minister of Finance in the Second Kishida Cabinet (First Reshuffle)
- Resigned as Parliamentary Vice-Minister for the Environment and Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Cabinet Office
- Appointed as Parliamentary Vice-Minister for the Environment and Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Cabinet Office in the Second Abe Cabinet
Party Posts
- Appointed as Chairperson of the Policy Research Council of Komeito
- Appointed as Chairperson of the Diet Affairs Committee in the House of Councillors of Komeito and member of the Central Steering Committee
- Appointed as Deputy Director of the Youth Division and Deputy Director of the International Division of Komeito
Committee Chairs
- Appointed as Chairperson of the Committee on General Affairs of the House of Councillors
- Appointed as Chairperson of the Committee on Judicial Affairs of the House of Councillors
- Appointed as Chairperson of the Special Committee on Disaster Matters of the House of Councillors
Professional Career
- Appointed as Director of the Tokyo Airport Quarantine Branch, Tokyo Quarantine Station, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
- Engaged in quarantine operations at Narita Airport due to the outbreak of new influenza
- Retired from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
- Appointed as a Visiting Professor at Nagasaki University
- Appointed as Deputy Director of the Blood Service Division, Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
- Passed the examination for medical officers at the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
- Seconded to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as Deputy Director of the Disease Control Division, Health Service Bureau
- Appointed as a Lecturer in the Graduate School of Medicine, Nagasaki University
- Appointed as a Lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine, Nagasaki University
- Appointed as a Research Fellow at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in the USA
- Appointed as an Assistant in the Faculty of Medicine, Nagasaki University
- Obtained medical license
Education
- Completed the doctoral program at the Graduate School of Medicine, Nagasaki University
- Obtained Ph.D. in Medicine
- Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, Nagasaki University
- Graduated from Hakuryo Senior High School
Publications
- Published 'The Disease of the Vulnerable Not Yet Over: Tuberculosis' (Life Publishing)
- Published 'Reiwa Guidelines for Health' (Seiunsha)
- Published 'Easy Renal Replacement Therapy' (Nishimura Shoten)
- Published 'The Future of Renal Replacement Therapy' (Nishimura Shoten)
- Published 'Stomach Cancer Can Be Eradicated by "H. Pylori Eradication"' (Ushio Publishing)
Awards
- Received the Centennial Special Distinguished Service Award from the Japanese Society for Tuberculosis and Non-tuberculous Mycobacteriosis
- Received the Fighting Spirit Award at the Martial Arts Festival hosted by the Kokura Kendo Federation
- Received the Ohto Distinguished Service Award from the Japan Society of Transfusion Medicine and Cell Therapy
- Received the Distinguished Service Award from the Japanese AIDS Society
- Received a certificate of appreciation from Specially Appointed Professor Masahiro Asaka of Hokkaido Medical University
- Received the Best Abstract Award at the 1st Joint Meeting of the American and Japanese Societies for Wound Healing
- Received the Research Award from the Japanese Society for Wound Healing
- Received the Young Investigator Award from the European Tissue Repair Society
- Received the Young Investigator Award from the Japan Endocrine Society
Other
- Elected for a third term to the House of Councillors (Fukuoka Prefecture constituency)
- Re-elected to the House of Councillors (Proportional Representation)
- First elected to the House of Councillors (Proportional Representation)
- Born in Suma-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture
Elections
Committee memberships
常任委員会· Standing Committee
Offices
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