Shozaburo Jimi

Japanese politician

自見庄三郎

Minister of State for Financial ServicesIn office
8 June 2010 – 4 June 2012Prime MinisterNaoto Kan
Yoshihiko NodaPreceded byShizuka KameiSucceeded byTadahiro MatsushitaMinister of State for Postal ReformIn office
8 June 2010 – 4 June 2012Prime MinisterNaoto Kan
Yoshihiko NodaPreceded byShizuka KameiSucceeded byTadahiro MatsushitaMinister of Posts and TelecommunicationsIn office
11 September 1997 – 30 July 1998Prime MinisterRyūtarō HashimotoPreceded byHisao HorinouchiSucceeded bySeiko NodaMember of the House of CouncillorsIn office
29 July 2007 – 28 July 2013ConstituencyNational PR blockMember of the House of RepresentativesIn office
19 December 1983 – 8 August 2005Succeeded byKyoko NishikawaConstituencyFukuoka 4th district
(1983-1996)
Fukuoka 10th district
(1996-2005) Personal detailsBorn (1945-11-05) November 5, 1945 (age 78)
Kokura, Fukuoka, JapanPolitical partyIndependent
(2005-2006, 2013-present)Other political
affiliationsLiberal Democratic
(1983-2005)
PNP
(2006-2013, dissolution)ChildrenHanako Jimi(daughter)Alma mater Kyushu University

Shozaburo Jimi (自見庄三郎, Jimi Shōzaburō, born November 5, 1945 in Kokura Kita-ku, Kitakyūshū) is a former Japanese politician of the now defunct People's New Party, and was a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). Jimi is a registered medical practitioner, and was a graduate of the department of medicine at Kyushu University in 1977. He was elected to the House of Councillors 2007, after serving more than 20 years in the House of Representatives of Japan for the 4th and 10th Fukuoka districts respectively. He served as the Minister of State for Financial Services and Postal Reform from 2010 to 2012.^[1]^[2]

Honours

Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (2016)

References

^ Japan Times, "Cabinet Profiles: Noda Cabinet", 3 September 2011, p. 3.
^ "List of Ministers". Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet. Cabinet Secretariat of Japan. Retrieved 5 March 2018.

政治家情報〜自見庄三郎〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-12-08. Retrieved 2007-11-14. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)

External links

Official website (in Japanese)

House of Representatives of Japan
Preceded by MMC	Representative for Fukuoka 4th district (multi-member) 1983–1996 Served alongside: Kōzō Yamamoto, Kazuo Hirotomo, Sekisuke Nakanishi, others	Constituency abolished
New title New constituency	Representative for Fukuoka 10th district 1996–2005	Succeeded by Kyōko Nishikawa
Preceded by Ichirō Takahashi	Chair, Committee on Communications of the House of Representatives 1995	Succeeded by Shōichi Nakagawa
House of Councillors
Preceded by N/A	Councillor by proportional representation 2007–2013	Succeeded by N/A
Political offices
Preceded by Hisao Horinouchi	Minister of Posts and Telecommunications 1997–1998	Succeeded by Seiko Noda
Preceded by Shizuka Kamei	Minister of State for Financial Services Minister of State for Postal Reform 2010–2012	Succeeded by Tadahiro Matsushita
Party political offices
Preceded by Fumiko Konya	Chair, Policy Research Council of the People's New Party (Kokumin Shintō) 2009	Succeeded by Mikio Shimoji
Preceded by Hisaoki Kamei	Secretary General of the People's New Party 2009–2010	Succeeded by Mikio Shimoji
Preceded by Shizuka Kamei	President of the People's New Party 2012–2013	Party dissolved