Shun'ichi Suzuki (politician)

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.

For the governor of Tokyo who lived 1910-2010, see Shunichi Suzuki (governor).
Shun'ichi Suzuki
鈴木 俊一
Official portrait, 2021
76th Minister of Finance
Assumed office
4 October 2021
Prime MinisterFumio Kishida
Preceded byTarō Asō
Minister for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games
In office
10 April 2019 – 11 September 2019
Prime MinisterShinzō Abe
Preceded byYoshitaka Sakurada
Succeeded bySeiko Hashimoto
In office
3 August 2017 – 2 October 2018
Prime MinisterShinzō Abe
Preceded byTamayo Marukawa
Succeeded byYoshitaka Sakurada
Minister of the Environment
In office
30 September 2002 – 22 September 2003
Prime MinisterJunichiro Koizumi
Preceded byHiroshi Ohki
Succeeded byYuriko Koike
Member of the House of Representatives
from Iwate
Assumed office
19 December 2012
Preceded byKōji Hata
Constituency2nd district
In office
20 October 1996 – 21 July 2009
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byKōji Hata
Constituency2nd district
In office
18 February 1990 – 26 September 1996
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Constituency1st multi member district
Personal details
Born (1953-04-13) April 13, 1953
Tokyo
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party
Parent
Alma materWaseda University

Background and career

A native of Tokyo Metropolis and graduate of Waseda University,[1] 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.[2]

Suzuki has been appointed as Minister for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games twice.

Other activities

Political positions

Suzuki is affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi,[6] 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:[7]

  • in favor of the revision of the Constitution
  • in favor of the right of collective self-defense (revision of Article 9)
  • against the reform of the national legislature (unicameral instead of bicameral)
  • in favor of reactivating nuclear power plants
  • against the goal of zero nuclear power by 2030s
  • in favor of the relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma (Okinawa)
  • in favor of evaluating the purchase of Senkaku Islands by the Government
  • in favor of a strong attitude versus China
  • against the participation of Japan to the Trans-Pacific Partnership
  • against a nuclear-armed Japan
  • against the reform of the Imperial Household that would allow women to retain their Imperial status even after marriage

Personal life

Tarō Asō is Suzuki's brother-in-law.

References
  1. 時事ドットコム：国会議員 鈴木 俊一（すずき しゅんいち）, 時事通信社.
  2. Official website, suzukishunichi.jp; accessed 18 June 2015.(in Japanese)
  3. Board of Governors European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
  4. Board of Governors Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
  5. Board of Governors International Monetary Fund (IMF).
  6. Nippon Kaigi website
  7. senkyo.mainichi.jp/46shu/kaihyo_area_meikan.html?mid=A03002001001 Mainichi 2012, senkyo.mainichi.jp; accessed 18 June 2015.(in Japanese)
  • 政治家情報 〜鈴木 俊一〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 3 December 2007. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  • Suzuki Shunichi profile, jimin.jp; accessed 18 June 2015.
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