Akira Amari

• Minister for Economic Revitalization and Minister for Economic and Fiscal Policy of Japan

1972, graduate, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law, Keio University. 1974, Secretary to Masao Amari, Member, House of Representatives; 1983, Member, House of Representatives (HR), re-elected seven times; 1989, Parliamentary Vice-Minister, International Trade and Industry; 1993, Director, International Trade and Industry Division, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP); 1995, Chairman, Committee on Commerce and Industry, HR; 1998, Minister of Labour; 2000, Chairman, Finance Committee, LDP; 2000, Chairman, Research Commission on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, LDP; 2004, Chairman, Committee on Budget, HR; 2005, Acting Chairman, Policy Research Council, LDP; 2006, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry; 2008, Minister for Regulatory Reform; 2012, Chairman, Policy Research Council (LDP). Since 2012, Minister for Economic Revitalization and Minister for Economic and Fiscal Policy.