is a Japanese
politician
A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...
of the
Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the
House of Councillors in the
Diet (national legislature) affiliated to the revisionist lobby
.
["日本会議と神社本庁" ("Japan Conference and the Association of Shinto shrines") Muneo Narusawa 2016/06/28。]
A native of
Mito, Ibaraki and graduate of
Ritsumeikan University
is a private university in Kyoto, Japan, that traces its origin to 1869. With the Kinugasa Campus (KIC) in Kyoto, and Kyoto Prefecture, the university also has a satellite called Biwako-Kusatsu Campus (BKC) and Osaka-Ibaraki Campus (OIC).
Tod ...
, Okada had served in the assembly of
Ibaraki Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Ibaraki Prefecture has a population of 2,871,199 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Ibaraki Prefecture borders Fukushima Prefecture to the north, ...
since 1986 and as mayor of Mito for three terms since 1993. In 2003 he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time. He also held the following political positions:
*State Minister of Cabinet Office
*State Minister for Reconstruction
*Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
*Chief Director, Committee on Financial Affairs, HC
*Chairperson, Committee on Cabinet, HC
*Director, Cabinet Division, LDP
References
*
* Profile on LDP website
jimin.jp/english/profile/members/114741.html
External links
* in Japanese.
Ritsumeikan University alumni
Members of the House of Councillors (Japan)
Living people
1947 births
Members of Nippon Kaigi
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians
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