Katsunobu Katō
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Katsunobu Kato (加藤 勝信, Katō Katsunobu, born November 22, 1955) is a Japanese politician who previously serves as the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare three times from 2017 to 2018, from 2019 to 2020, and from 2022 to 2023. He also served as Chief Cabinet Secretary from 2020 to 2021. Belonging to the Liberal Democratic Party, he has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2003.
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Katsunobu Katō | |
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加藤 勝信 | |
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare | |
In office 10 August 2022 – 13 September 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Fumio Kishida |
Preceded by | Shigeyuki Goto |
Succeeded by | Keizō Takemi |
In office 11 September 2019 – 16 September 2020 | |
Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
Preceded by | Takumi Nemoto |
Succeeded by | Norihisa Tamura |
In office 3 August 2017 – 2 October 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
Preceded by | Yasuhisa Shiozaki |
Succeeded by | Takumi Nemoto |
Chief Cabinet Secretary | |
In office 16 September 2020 – 4 October 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Yoshihide Suga |
Preceded by | Yoshihide Suga |
Succeeded by | Hirokazu Matsuno |
Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate | |
In office 7 October 2015 – 3 August 2017 | |
Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
Preceded by | Haruko Arimura |
Succeeded by | Masaji Matsuyama |
Member of the House of Representatives for Okayama's 5th district | |
Assumed office 10 November 2003 | |
Preceded by | Yoshitaka Murata |
Personal details | |
Born | (1955-11-22) 22 November 1955 (age 68) Tokyo, Japan |
Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
Children | 4 |
Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
Occupation | Politician |
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Born in Tokyo and a graduate of the University of Tokyo, Kato had a bureaucratic career in the Ministry of Finance before going into politics.