Junji Suzuki

Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications

Career

March 1982	Graduated from the School of Law, Waseda University
April 1982	Joined the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management (3rd generation student)
May 1991	Elected as a Seto City Council Member (served two terms for eight years)
November 2003	First elected to the House of Representatives (43rd general election)
September 2005	Re-elected to the House of Representatives (44th general election)
August 2008	Appointed as Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (the reshuffled Fukuda Cabinet)
September 2008	Continued as Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (the Aso Cabinet)
December 2012	Re-elected to the House of Representatives (46th general election)
September 2014	Appointed as Director, Economy, Trade and Industry Division, Policy Research Council, Liberal Democratic Party
December 2014	Re-elected to the House of Representatives (47th general election)
October 2015	Appointed as State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (the third reshuffled Abe Cabinet)
September 2016	Appointed as Chairperson of the House of Representatives Judicial Affairs Committee
October 2017	Re-elected to the House of Representatives (48th general election)
October 2018	Appointed as State Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (the fourth reshuffled Abe Cabinet)
September 2019	Appointed as Director, Local Organizations and Local Assembly Members Division, Party Organization and Campaign Headquarters, Liberal Democratic Party
September 2020	Appointed as Deputy Chairperson (in charge of General Affairs), Diet Affairs Committee, Liberal Democratic Party
October 2021	Re-elected to the House of Representatives (49th general election)
October 2022	Appointed as Chair of the Special Committee for Investigation of Nuclear Power Issues, House of Representatives
September 2023	Appointed as Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications in the second Kishida Cabinet (second reshuffle)