Shozaburo Jimi

Shōzaburō Jimi
Shōzaburō Jimi
自見庄三郎
	Official portrait, 1997
Minister of State for Financial Services
	In office; 8 June 2010 – 4 June 2012
Prime Minister	Naoto Kan ; Yoshihiko Noda
Preceded by	Shizuka Kamei
Succeeded by	Tadahiro Matsushita
Minister of State for Postal Reform
	In office; 8 June 2010 – 4 June 2012
Prime Minister	Naoto Kan ; Yoshihiko Noda
Preceded by	Shizuka Kamei
Succeeded by	Tadahiro Matsushita
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
	In office; 11 September 1997 – 30 July 1998
Prime Minister	Ryūtarō Hashimoto
Preceded by	Hisao Horinouchi
Succeeded by	Seiko Noda
Member of the House of Councillors
	In office; 29 July 2007 – 28 July 2013
Constituency	National PR
Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 19 December 1983 – 8 August 2005
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Kyoko Nishikawa
Constituency	Fukuoka 4th (1983–1996); Fukuoka 10th (1996–2005)
Personal details
Born	5 November 1945 (age 79); Kokura, Fukuoka, Japan
Political party	Independent (2005–2006, 2013–present)
Other political; affiliations	LDP (1983–2005); PNP (2006–2013)
Children	Hanako Jimi
Alma mater	Kyushu University

Shozaburo Jimi (自見庄三郎, Jimi Shōzaburō; born 5 November 1945) 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 (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

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[1] Japan Times, "Cabinet Profiles: Noda Cabinet", 3 September 2011, p. 3.

[2] "List of Ministers". Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet. Cabinet Secretariat of Japan. Retrieved 5 March 2018.

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