Mr. AKINO Kozo'S PHOTOGRAPH OF THE FACE

Mr. AKINO Kozo

  • Komeito
  • Elected 2010, 2016 and 2022, Fukuoka Prefecture
  • Current Responsibilities in the House of Councillors
    (as of April 26,2024)
    Committee on Health, Welfare and Labour (Director)
    Committee on Budget
    Special Committee on Official Development Assistance and Related Matters as well as Okinawa and Northern Problems

Born:
 July 11, 1967, Hyogo Prefecture

Education:
 1992 Nagasaki University, School of Medicine
 1996 Nagasaki University Graduate School of
    Biomedical Sciences, Doctoral course

Career:
 1992 obtained the Medical Doctor's License
 1996 Assistant, Nagasaki University, School of Medicine
 2000 Research Fellow, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in
    the United States
 2001 Lecturer, Nagasaki University, School of Medicine
 2006 Assistant Director, Specific Disease Control Division,
    Health Service Bureau, Ministry of Health,
    Labour and Welfare (MHLW)
 2008 Assistant Director, Blood and Blood Products Division,
    Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau, MHLW
    Visiting Professor, Nagasaki University
 2009 Director, Tokyo Airport Quarantine Branch,
    Tokyo Quarantine Station
 2010 first elected to the House of Councillors

(Major posts in the House of Councillors)
 2014 Chairman, Special Committee on Disasters
 2016 Chairman, Committee on Judicial Affairs
 2018 Chairman, Committee on General Affairs

(Major posts in the Government)
 2012 Parliamentary Secretary of the Environment
    Parliamentary Secretary of Cabinet Office
 2022 State Minister of Finance
    

(as of May 11,2023)

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