Shun'ichi Suzuki (鈴木 俊一, Suzuki Shun'ichi, born 13 April 1953) is a Japanese politician who serves as minister of finance since October 2021.
He is serving in the House of Representatives as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.
Shun'ichi Suzuki | |
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鈴木 俊一 | |
76th Minister of Finance | |
Assumed office 4 October 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Fumio Kishida |
Preceded by | Tarō Asō |
Minister for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games | |
In office 10 April 2019 – 11 September 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
Preceded by | Yoshitaka Sakurada |
Succeeded by | Seiko Hashimoto |
In office 3 August 2017 – 2 October 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
Preceded by | Tamayo Marukawa |
Succeeded by | Yoshitaka Sakurada |
Minister of the Environment | |
In office 30 September 2002 – 22 September 2003 | |
Prime Minister | Junichiro Koizumi |
Preceded by | Hiroshi Ohki |
Succeeded by | Yuriko Koike |
Member of the House of Representatives from Iwate | |
Assumed office 19 December 2012 | |
Preceded by | Kōji Hata |
Constituency | 2nd district |
In office 20 October 1996 – 21 July 2009 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Succeeded by | Kōji Hata |
Constituency | 2nd district |
In office 18 February 1990 – 26 September 1996 | |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Constituency | 1st multi member district |
Personal details | |
Born | Tokyo | April 13, 1953
Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
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Alma mater | Waseda University |
A native of Tokyo Metropolis and graduate of Waseda University, Suzuki and his wife belong to political dynasties: former Prime Ministers Zenkō Suzuki and Tarō Asō are respectively his father and his brother-in-law; his wife Chikako is related to Heikichi Ogawa and Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa. Suzuki was elected for the first time in 1990. He served as Minister of the Environment from 2002 to 2003 under Jun'ichirō Koizumi.
Suzuki has been appointed Minister for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games twice.
Suzuki is affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi, and is a member of the Shikōkai faction of the LDP. He gave the following answers to the questionnaire submitted by Mainichi to parliamentarians in 2012:
Tarō Asō is Suzuki's brother-in-law.
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