Mr.SAKURAI Mitsuru：House of Councillors (original) (raw)

• Liberal Democratic Party
• Elected 1998, 2004, 2010, 2016 and 2022, Miyagi Prefecture
• Current Responsibilities in the House of Councillors
  （as of January 18,2025)
  Committee on Financial Affairs
  Committee on Budget (Chairman)
  Special Committee on Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake

Born:
May 12, 1956, Miyagi Prefecture

Education:
1985 Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Faculty of Medicine
1993 Tohoku University, Graduate School of Medicine,
Ph.D. in Medicine

Career:
Medical Doctor (physician)
1998 first elected to the House of Councillors

(Major posts in the House of Councillors)
2003 Chairman, Special Committee on Financial Issues and
Revitalization of the Economy
2009 Chairman, Committee on Economy and Industry
2014 Chairman, Special Committee on Reconstruction after
the Great East Japan Earthquake
2015 Chairman, Special Committee on Reconstruction
after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear
Power Issues
2016 Chairman, Special Committee on Reconstruction after
the Great East Japan Earthquake

(Major posts in the Government)
2010 Senior Vice-Minister of Finance
2012 Senior Vice-Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare

(Major posts in a political parties)
2013 Chair, Policy Research Committee,
Democratic Party of Japan
2017 Vice-President, The Democratic Party

(as of May 11,2023)