Shozaburo Jimi (自見 庄三郎, Jimi Shōzaburō, born November 5, 1945 in Kokura Kita-ku, Kitakyūshū) is a former Japanese politician of the now defunct People's New Party, and was a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). Jimi is a registered medical practitioner, and was a graduate of the department of medicine at Kyushu University in 1977. He was elected to the House of Councillors 2007, after serving more than 20 years in the House of Representatives of Japan for the 4th and 10th Fukuoka districts respectively. He served as the Minister of State for Financial Services and Postal Reform from 2010 to 2012.[1][2]

Honours

References

  1. ^ Japan Times, "Cabinet Profiles: Noda Cabinet", 3 September 2011, p. 3.
  2. ^ "List of Ministers". Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet. Cabinet Secretariat of Japan. Retrieved 5 March 2018.

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House of Representatives (Japan)
Preceded by
MMC
 Representative for Fukuoka 4th district (multi-member)
1983–1996
Served alongside: Kōzō Yamamoto, Kazuo Hirotomo, Sekisuke Nakanishi, others 		Constituency abolished
New title
New constituency
 Representative for Fukuoka 10th district
1996–2005 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Ichirō Takahashi
 Chair, Committee on Communications of the House of Representatives
1995 		Succeeded by
House of Councillors
Preceded by
N/A
 Councillor by proportional representation
2007–2013 		Succeeded by
N/A
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
1997–1998 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of State for Financial Services
Minister of State for Postal Reform
2010–2012 		Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by
Fumiko Konya
 Chair, Policy Research Council of the People's New Party (Kokumin Shintō)
2009 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Secretary General of the People's New Party
2009–2010 		Succeeded by
Preceded by President of the People's New Party
2012–2013 		Party dissolved