Akira Amari
1 October 2021 – 4 November 2021
Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization
26 December 2012 – 28 January 2016
26 September 2006 – 2 August 2008
Yasuo Fukuda
19 December 1983
(1983-1996)
Kanagawa 13th district
(2000-2009, 2012-2021)
Minami Kanto-PR-block
(1996-2000, 2009-2012, 2021-present)
Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan
Akira Amari (甘利 明, Amari Akira, born 27 August 1949) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and a member of the lower house representing the Minami Kanto Bloc.
Personal life
Amari is a native of Atsugi, Kanagawa, where he attended Kanagawa Prefectural Atsugi High School. He graduated from Keio University in 1972 with a degree in political science.[1] After spending two years working at Sony, he left to work as a secretary for his father, Tadashi Amari, who at the time represented Kanagawa's 3rd district in the House of Representatives.
Career
He is a member of the Japan–Korea Parliamentarians' Union and the Japan-China Friendship Parliamentarians' Union.
He was the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry from 2006 to 2008. He also served as Minister of State in charge of Administrative Reform in the Cabinet of former Prime Minister Tarō Asō.
In the Cabinet of Prime Minister Taro Aso, appointed on 24 September 2008, Amari was appointed as Minister of State in charge of Administrative Reform.[2]
On December 26, 2012, Amari was appointed to the newly created cabinet-level position of Minister of State for Economic Revitalization in the second Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Amari's responsibilities within the Abe government also include tax and social security reform.[3] Like Abe and most members of the Cabinet, he is affiliated to the openly revisionist organization Nippon Kaigi.[4]
In 2016, Amari resigned from his Cabinet post amidst allegations of bribery, and was succeeded by Nobuteru Ishihara.[5]
In late September 2021, newly elected Prime Minister Fumio Kishida appointed Amari to succeed Toshihiro Nikai as the Secretary General of the LDP.[6] In an upset, Amari lost his seat representing Kanagawa's 13th district to Constitutional Democratic Party opponent Hideshi Futori during the 2021 Japanese general elections, but retained his seat in the lower house as representative of the Southern Kanto proportional representation block.[7] Nevertheless, Amari resigned from his position as the party's Secretary General, and Kishida appointed Toshimitsu Motegi to be his replacement.[8]
References
- ^ "甘利明 Official Web | Akira Amari". amari-akira.com. Archived from the original on 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
- ^ "Aso elected premier / Announces Cabinet lineup himself; poll likely on Nov. 2" Archived 2008-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, The Yomiuri Shimbun, 25 September 2008.
- ^ [1] [dead link]
- ^ "Abe’s reshuffle promotes right-wingers" - Korea Joongang Daily - 2014/09/05 Archived 2014-09-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Japanese economy minister Akira Amari quits over bribery claims Archived 2018-05-04 at the Wayback Machine"
- ^ "Kishida taps ex-economy minister Akira Amari as LDP's No. 2". The Japan Times. 2021-09-30. Archived from the original on 2021-10-16. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
- ^ 日本放送協会. "衆議院選挙2021 神奈川(横浜・川崎など)開票速報・選挙結果 小選挙区 NHK". www.nhk.or.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2021-11-01. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
- ^ Takenaka, Kiyoshi (2021-11-02). "Japan's foreign minister Motegi to take key ruling party post". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by | Minister of Labour 1998–1999 | Succeeded by Takamori Makino |
Preceded by | Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry 2006–2008 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Minister of State for Regulatory Reform 2008–2009 | Succeeded by Tomomi Inada (2012) |
Preceded by | Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy 2012–2016 | Succeeded by |
Party political offices | ||
Preceded by | Chief of the Public Relations Headquarters, Liberal Democratic Party 2011-2012 | Succeeded by |
Chairman of the Policy Research Council, Liberal Democratic Party 2012 | ||
Preceded by | Chief of the Administrative Reform Promotion Headquarters, Liberal Democratic Party 2017-2018 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Chairman of the Election Strategy Committee, Liberal Democratic Party 2018-2019 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Chairman of the Tax Research Commission, Liberal Democratic Party 2019-2021 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party 2021 | Succeeded by |