Katsuei Hirasawa
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平沢 勝栄
16 September 2020 – 4 October 2021
for Tokyo's 17th district
20 October 1996
Shirakawa, Gifu, Japan
Duke University
Katsuei Hirasawa (平沢 勝栄, Hirasawa Katsuei) is a Japanese politician who served as the Minister of Reconstruction in Yoshihide Suga's cabinet.[1] A member of the House of Representatives, Hirasawa is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and is affiliated to the revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi.
Biography
Hirasawa is a native of the village of Shirakawa, Gifu. He graduated from the University of Tokyo with a Bachelor of Law. As a student, he served for two years as a private tutor to the elementary school-aged Shinzo Abe.[2] He joined the National Police Agency in 1968 and attended Duke University in the United States while in the agency. He retired from the Agency in 1995 with the rank of Senior Commissioner (警視監, Keishi-kan).
He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996.[3]
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Preceded by | Senior Vice Minister of the Cabinet Office 2006–2007 Served alongside: Yoshimi Watanabe, Yoshimasa Hayashi | Succeeded by |
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New district | Representative for Tokyo 17th district 1996–present | Incumbent |
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