Senior Vice Minister of Cabinet Office

Shozo AZUMA

Date of birth: May 1,1951
Place of birth: Tokyo
Member of the House of Representatives,
Democratic Party
Koto-ku,Tokyo 15th District
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Education

1975 B.A.in Economics,Soka University
1976-77 Exchange Student,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
1978 M.A.in International Economics,Soka University
1983 Ph.D.candidate in International Economics,Soka University

Previous Career

1980-82 United Nations Industrial Development Organization(UNIDO)
1982 Japan International Development Center
1983-88 Office of UN High Commissioner for Refugees(Program Officer)

Political Career and Posts Held

Feb.1990 Elected to the House of Representatives,1st term(Tokyo 6th district)
Jul.1993 Re-elected to the House of Representatives,2nd term(Tokyo 6th district)
Aug.1993 Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Aug.1996 Deputy Secretary General(New Frontier Party)
Oct.1996 Re-elected to the House of Representatives,3rd term(Tokyo PR Block)
Jan.1998 Deputy Secretary General(Liberal Party)
Jan.1999 Chairman,Committee on International Affairs(Liberal Party)
Chairman,Committee on Foreign Policy and National Defense(Liberal Party)
Oct.1999 Senior State Secretary for Foreign Affairs
Apr.2000 Representative of the Secretary General(Liberal Party )
Representative of the Chairman of Committee on Diet Affairs(Liberal Party)
Jun.2000 Re-elected to the House of Representatives,4th term(Tokyo PR Block)
Jul.2000 Chairman,Diet Special Committee on Coal Problems
Oct.2002 Chiarman,Committee on Party Organization(Liberal Party)
Aug.2009 Re-elected to the House of Representatives,5th term(Democratic Party)
Sep.2009 Chiarman,Diet Committee on Economy,Trade and Industry
Sep.2010 Appointed as the Senior Vice Minister of Cabinet Office for Financial Services