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齋藤 健
さいとう けん
SAITO Ken
中央政治大学院 副学院長 · 中央政治大学院Deputy Director of the Central Institute of Politics
自民党衆議院· House of Representatives千葉7· Chiba 7th District自由民主党・無所属の会· Liberal Democratic Party and Association of Independents7 terms
Born 1959-06-14 · 東京都新宿区 (Shinjuku, Tokyo)
Policy issues
Current positions
Party Positions
- 中央政治大学院 副学院長Deputy Director of the Central Institute of Politics
Career & history
Government Posts
- Appointed as Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry in the Second Kishida Second Reshuffled Cabinet
- Appointed as Minister of Justice in the Second Kishida Reshuffled Cabinet
- Appointed as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the Fourth Abe Cabinet
- Appointed as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the Third Abe Third Reshuffled Cabinet
- Appointed as State Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the Third Abe Reshuffled Cabinet
- Appointed as Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Environment in the Second Abe Cabinet
Party Posts
- Appointed as Vice President (Chief) of the LDP Central Institute of Politics
- Appointed as Chairperson of the Judicial System Research Commission, LDP
- Appointed as Acting Chairperson of the General Council and Vice Chairperson of the Research Commission on the Tax System, LDP
- Appointed as Director-General of the LDP Organizations and Groups Decisions Bureau
- Appointed as Secretary General of the LDP Headquarters for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games
- Appointed as Secretary General of the LDP Headquarters for TPP, Japan-EU, and Japan-U.S. TAG Economic Agreement Measures
- Appointed as Secretary General of the LDP Research Commission on the Establishment of a Sports Nation
- Appointed as Director of the Agriculture and Forestry Division, Liberal Democratic Party
Committee Chairs
- Appointed as Chief Director (Ruling Party) of the Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare, House of Representatives
- Appointed as Director of the Committee on Budget, House of Representatives
- Appointed as Director of the Deliberative Council on the Constitution, House of Representatives
Professional Career
- Retired from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
- Appointed as Vice Governor of Saitama Prefecture
- Appointed as Director of the Electricity Infrastructure Division, Electricity and Gas Industry Department, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy
- Seconded as Planning Officer to the Administrative Reform Promotion Bureau, Cabinet Secretariat
- Appointed as Director of International Information Cooperation, Electronic Policy Division, Machinery and Information Industries Bureau
- Appointed as Planning Officer, Public Utilities Department, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy
- Appointed as Executive Secretary to the Minister of International Trade and Industry (Takashi Fukaya)
- Appointed as Planning Officer, Basic Industries Bureau, Ministry of International Trade and Industry
- Appointed as Personnel Planning Officer, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of International Trade and Industry
- In charge of Japan-U.S. automobile negotiations at the Americas Division, International Trade Policy Bureau
- Joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now METI)
Education
- Earned a Master's degree from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government
- Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, the University of Tokyo
Publications
- Published "Tenraku no Rekishi ni Nani o Miru ka" by Nikkei Publishing Inc.
Other
- Appeared on Bungeishunju's video media "Bungeishunju PLUS"
- Live appearance on NHK's "Sunday Discussion" as the Chief Director (Ruling Party) of the Budget Committee
- Stood as the first across all parties to question Prime Minister Takaichi in the House of Representatives Budget Committee
- Elected in the House of Representatives General Election (Elected 7 times in total)
- Elected for the fifth time in the 49th House of Representatives General Election
- Elected for the fourth time in the 48th House of Representatives General Election
- Elected for the third time in the 47th House of Representatives General Election
- Elected for the second time in the 46th House of Representatives General Election (Chiba 7th District)
- Elected for the first time in the 45th House of Representatives General Election (Southern Kanto proportional representation block)
- Ran in the 44th House of Representatives by-election (Chiba 7th District)
- Born in Shinjuku, Tokyo
Committee memberships
Offices
Diet Office
- Room
- 822
- Phone
- 03-3508-7221
- Fax
- 03-3508-3221
衆議院第一議員会館
衆議院第一議員会館
さいとう健後援会事務所
- Phone
- 04-7190-5271
- Fax
- 04-7190-5272
千葉県流山市おおたかの森北1-5-2 セレーナおおたかの森2階
2F Selena Otakanomori, 1-5-2 Otakanomorikita, Nagareyama-shi, Chiba