Profile of Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Toshiyuki KATO

photo (Toshiyuki KATO)

Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)
Member of the House of Councillors (proportional representation, elected two times)

Japanese

Biography

Date Curriculum Vitae
1949 Born in Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture
1969 Graduated from Niihama National College of Technology
Entered Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
1982 Executive Manager, Communication Systems Branch, Mitsubishi Electric Union
1984 Deputy Director, National Council of Trade Unions in the Private Sector (Zenmin Rokyo)
1989 Director, Labor Policy and Organization Divisions, Japan Trade Union Confederation (Rengo)
2000 President, Mitsubishi Electric Union
July 2004 Elected to the House of Councillors (proportional representation) for the first time
Advisor, Japanese Electrical Electronic & Information Union
September 2005 Director-General, Labor Department, DPJ
September 2006 Director, Committee on Rules and Administration, House of Councillors
Deputy Chair, Diet Affairs Committee, DPJ Caucus, House of Councillors
August 2007 Director, Committee on General Affairs, House of Councillors
January 2008 Deputy Chair, Organization Committee, DPJ
January 2009 State Secretary for Internal Affairs and Communications in the DPJ Next Cabinet
Vice Secretary General, DPJ- Shinryokufukai-People’s New Party-New Party Nippon Caucus, House of Councillors
Representative, Ehime Prefectural Chapter, DPJ
Senior Director, Committee on Oversight of Administration, House of Councillors
July 2010 Elected to the House of Councillors (proportional representation) for the second term
August 2010 Senior Director, Committee on Education, Culture and Science, House of Councillors
September 2010 Senior Director, Committee on Rules and Administration, House of Councillors
September 2011 Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (Noda Cabinet)
January 2012 Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (Reshuffled Noda Cabinet)
Hobbies
Golf, photography

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