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里見 隆治
さとみ りゅうじ
SATOMI Ryuji
外交防衛委員会 委員長 · 外交防衛委員会Chairperson of Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense
公明参議院· House of Councillors愛知· Aichi公明党· Komeito2 terms
Born 1967-10-17 · 大阪府大阪市 (Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture)
Policy issues
Career & history
Government Posts
- Assumed the position of Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense, House of Councillors, on October 21, 2025
- Appointed Director of the Committee on Oversight of Administration, House of Councillors
- Appointed Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry, for the Cabinet Office, and for Reconstruction on August 12, 2022
- Appointed Director of the Committee on Audit, House of Councillors
- Appointed Director of the Research Committee on National Life and Economy, House of Councillors
- Appointed Director of the Committee on Rules and Administration, House of Councillors
Professional Career
- Retired from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
- Seconded to Toyota Motor Corporation (Personnel Exchange Program between the Public and Private Sectors)
- Appointed Counselor (responsible for Wages and Working Hours), Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
- Appointed Counselor at the Regional Revitalization Promotion Office, Cabinet Secretariat
- Appointed Director of the Office for EPA Foreign National Acceptance Measures, Foreign Workers' Affairs Division, Employment Security Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
- Appointed Planning Officer of the General Affairs Division, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
- Appointed Director of the Diet Liaison Office, General Affairs Division, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
- Appointed First Secretary at the Embassy of Japan in the United Kingdom
- Appointed Assistant Director of the Counsellor's Office for Labour Policy, Director-General for Policy Planning and Evaluation, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
- Appointed Assistant Director of the International Affairs Division, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
- Seconded to the Administrative Reform Promotion Office for Special Corporations, Cabinet Secretariat
- Appointed Director of the General Affairs Department, Nagano Labour Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
- Appointed Director of the General Affairs Department, Nagano Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour
- Appointed Director of the Employment Security Division, Social Affairs Department, Nagano Prefectural Government
- Served in the Employment Policy Division, Employment Security Bureau, Ministry of Labour
- Served in the Employment Insurance Division, Employment Security Bureau, Ministry of Labour
- Served in the Planning Division, Department of Employment Measures for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities, Employment Security Bureau, Ministry of Labour
- Served in the Employment Insurance Division, Employment Security Bureau, Ministry of Labour
- Seconded to the Vocational Management Division, Labour Department, Osaka Prefectural Government (Yodogawa Public Employment Security Office)
- Assigned to the Inspection Division, Osaka Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour (Osaka-Chuo Labour Standards Inspection Office)
- Joined the Ministry of Labour (currently the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) in April 1991
Education
- Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, the University of Tokyo in March 1991
Publications
- Published 'Opening the Future of Japan from Aichi' from Ushio Publishing on February 10, 2022
- Published 'Creating the Future of Aichi: Everything for the Individual' from Ushio Publishing in January 2016
Other
- Re-elected to the House of Councillors from the Aichi electoral district in the 26th regular election on July 10, 2022
- First elected to the House of Councillors from the Aichi electoral district in the 24th regular election on July 10, 2016
- Born on October 17, 1967, in Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
Elections
Committee memberships
Offices
Diet Office
- Room
- 301
- Phone
- 03-6550-0301
- Fax
- 03-6551-0301
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愛知県事務所
- Phone
- 052-522-1666
- Fax
- 052-522-1665
愛知県名古屋市西区城西1-9-5 寺島ビル1階
1F Terashima Building, 1-9-5 Joshai, Nishi-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi