Katsunobu Katō
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Katsunobu Kato (加藤 勝信, Katō Katsunobu, born 22 November 1955) is a Japanese politician, who previously served as the Minister of Health, Labor, and Welfare at three times from 2017 to 2018 and from 2019 to 2020 under Shinzo Abe's cabinet, and again from 2022 to 2023 under Fumio Kishida's first reshuffled cabinet in both Heisei and Reiwa periods. He also served as the Chief Cabinet Secretary from 2020 to 2021 under Yoshihide Suga's cabinet. Belonging to the Liberal Democratic Party, he has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2003.
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 | Katsunobu Murosaki (1955-11-22) 22 November 1955 (age 68) Tokyo, Japan |
Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
Spouse | Shuko Kato |
Children | 4 daughters |
Relatives | Katsuzo Murosaki (grandfather) Mutsuki Kato (father-in-law) Takenori Kato (uncle-in-law) Koko Kato (sister-in-law) |
Alma mater | University of Tokyo (BEc) |
Occupation | Politician |
Born and raised in Tokyo and a graduate of the University of Tokyo, Kato had a bureaucratic career in the Ministry of Finance before going into politics.