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Shōzaburō Jimi
自見 庄三郎
Minister of State for Financial Services
In office
8 June 2010 – 4 June 2012
Prime MinisterNaoto Kan
Yoshihiko Noda
Preceded byShizuka Kamei
Succeeded byTadahiro Matsushita
Minister of State for Postal Reform
In office
8 June 2010 – 4 June 2012
Prime MinisterNaoto Kan
Yoshihiko Noda
Preceded byShizuka Kamei
Succeeded byTadahiro Matsushita
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
In office
11 September 1997 – 30 July 1998
Prime MinisterRyūtarō Hashimoto
Preceded byHisao Horinouchi
Succeeded bySeiko Noda
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
29 July 2007 – 28 July 2013
ConstituencyNational PR block
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
19 December 1983 – 8 August 2005
Succeeded byKyoko Nishikawa
ConstituencyFukuoka 4th district
(1983-1996)
Fukuoka 10th district
(1996-2005)
Personal details
Born (1945-11-05) November 5, 1945 (age 78)
Kokura, Fukuoka, Japan
Political partyIndependent
(2005-2006, 2013-present)
Other political
affiliations
Liberal Democratic
(1983-2005)
PNP
(2006-2013, dissolution)
ChildrenHanako Jimi(daughter)
Alma materKyushu 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

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References

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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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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
Preceded by
Ichirō Takahashi
Chair, Committee on Communications of the House of Representatives
1995
Succeeded by
House of Councillors
Preceded by
N/A
Councillor by proportional representation
2007–2013
Succeeded by
N/A
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
1997–1998
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of State for Financial Services
Minister of State for Postal Reform

2010–2012
Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by
Fumiko Konya
Chair, Policy Research Council of the People's New Party (Kokumin Shintō)
2009
Succeeded by
Preceded by Secretary General of the People's New Party
2009–2010
Succeeded by
Preceded by President of the People's New Party
2012–2013
Party dissolved