is a Japanese

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who serves as

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since October 2021. He is serving in the

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as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.

Background and career

A native of

Tokyo Metropolis Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...

and graduate of

Waseda University , abbreviated as , is a private university, private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the ''Tōkyō Senmon Gakkō'' by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the school was formally renamed Waseda University in 1902. The university has numerou ...

, Suzuki and his wife belong to political dynasties: former Prime Ministers

Zenkō Suzuki was a Japanese politician who was Prime Minister of Japan from 1980 to 1982. He was the last prime minister to have been born in the Meiji era. Early life and education Suzuki was born on 11 January 1911, Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, the eldest ...

and

Tarō Asō is a Japanese politician serving as the Vice President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) since 2021. Asō previously served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2008 to 2009 and as Deputy Prime Minister of Japan and Minister of Finance from 2 ...

are respectively his father and his brother-in-law; his wife Chikako is related to Heikichi Ogawa and Prime Minister

Kiichi Miyazawa was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1991 to 1993. He was a member of the National Diet of Japan for over 50 years. Early life and education Miyazawa was born into a wealthy, politically active family in Fukuyama ...

. Suzuki was elected for the first time in 1990. He served as Minister of the Environment from 2002 to 2003 under Jun'ichirō Koizumi. Suzuki has been appointed as Minister for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games twice.

Other activities

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(EBRD), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2021) *

Inter-American Development Bank The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB or IADB) is an international financial institution headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States of America, and serving as the largest source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribb ...

(IDB), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2021)

Political positions

Suzuki is affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby

Nippon Kaigi The Right side up ...

, and is a member of the Shikōkai faction of the LDP. He gave the following answers to the questionnaire submitted by

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to parliamentarians in 2012:senkyo.mainichi.jp/46shu/kaihyo_area_meikan.html?mid=A03002001001 Mainichi 2012
senkyo.mainichi.jp; accessed 18 June 2015. *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 A nuclear power plant (NPP) is a thermal power station in which the heat source is a nuclear reactor. As is typical of thermal power stations, heat is used to generate steam that drives a steam turbine connected to a generator that produces elec ...

*against the goal of zero nuclear power by 2030s *in favor of the

relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma Over the last five decades there have been various plans for the relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, a United States Marine Corps base located within the urban area of Ginowan City (pop. 93,661) in Okinawa, Japan. Local opposition w ...

(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 The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), or Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, was a highly contested proposed trade agreement between 12 Pacific Rim economies, Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singa ...

*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

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is Suzuki's brother in law.

References

External links

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Suzuki Shunichi profile
jimin.jp; accessed 18 June 2015. {{DEFAULTSORT:Suzuki, Shunichi 1953 births Living people People from Tokyo Waseda University alumni Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Members of Nippon Kaigi Environment ministers of Japan Ministers of Finance of Japan Children of prime ministers of Japan Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians 21st-century Japanese politicians