Katsuei Hirasawa
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Katsuei Hirasawa | |
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平沢 勝栄 | |
.jpg) Hirasawa in 2020 | |
| Minister of Reconstruction | |
| In office 16 September 2020 – 4 October 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Yoshihide Suga |
| Preceded by | Kazunori Tanaka |
| Succeeded by | Kosaburo Nishime |
| Member of the House of Representatives for Tokyo's 17th district | |
| Assumed office 20 October 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
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| Born | 4 September 1945 Shirakawa, Gifu, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Education | University of Tokyo Duke University |
| Website | Official website |
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
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ "菅新内閣２０人中１４人が「日本会議」のメンバー…右翼色は依然と". Yahoo! News. 16 September 2020. Archived from the original on 17 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- ^ "安倍晋三の家庭教師を勤める". hirasawa.net. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ "東京17区". go2senkyo.com. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
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