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Akira Amari

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Akira Amari
甘利 明
Official portrait, 2015
Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party
In office
1 October 2021 – 4 November 2021
PresidentFumio Kishida
Vice PresidentTarō Asō
Preceded byToshihiro Nikai
Succeeded byToshimitsu Motegi
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization
In office
26 December 2012 – 28 January 2016
Prime MinisterShinzo Abe
Preceded bySeiji Maehara
Succeeded byNobuteru Ishihara
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
In office
26 September 2006 – 2 August 2008
Prime MinisterShinzo Abe
Yasuo Fukuda
Preceded byToshihiro Nikai
Succeeded byToshihiro Nikai
Minister of Labour
In office
30 July 1998 – 5 October 1999
Prime MinisterKeizō Obuchi
Preceded byBunmei Ibuki
Succeeded byTakamori Makino
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
19 December 1983 – 9 October 2024
ConstituencyKanagawa 3rd (1983–1996)
Southern Kanto PR (1996–2000; 2009–2012; 2021–2024)
Kanagawa 13th (2000–2009; 2012–2021)
Personal details
Born (1949-08-27) 27 August 1949 (age 75)
Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Parent
Alma materKeio University

Akira Amari (甘利 明, Amari Akira, born 27 August 1949) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and a former member of the lower house.

Personal life

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Amari is a native of Atsugi, Kanagawa, where he attended Kanagawa Prefectural Atsugi High School. He graduated from Keio University in 1972 with a degree in political science.[1] After spending two years working at Sony, he left to work as a secretary for his father, Tadashi Amari, who at the time represented Kanagawa's 3rd district in the House of Representatives.

Career

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He is a member of the Japan–Korea Parliamentarians' Union and the Japan-China Friendship Parliamentarians' Union.

With members of the Yasuo Fukuda Cabinet (September 26, 2007)

He was the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry from 2006 to 2008. He also served as Minister of State in charge of Administrative Reform in the Cabinet of former Prime Minister Tarō Asō.

In the Cabinet of Prime Minister Taro Aso, appointed on 24 September 2008, Amari was appointed as Minister of State in charge of Administrative Reform.[2]

On December 26, 2012, Amari was appointed to the newly created cabinet-level position of Minister of State for Economic Revitalization in the second Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Amari's responsibilities within the Abe government also include tax and social security reform.[3] Like Abe and most members of the Cabinet, he is affiliated to the openly revisionist organization Nippon Kaigi.[4]

In 2016, Amari resigned from his Cabinet post amidst allegations of bribery, and was succeeded by Nobuteru Ishihara.[5]

In late September 2021, newly elected Prime Minister Fumio Kishida appointed Amari to succeed Toshihiro Nikai as the Secretary General of the LDP.[6] In an upset, Amari lost his seat representing Kanagawa's 13th district to Constitutional Democratic Party opponent Hideshi Futori during the 2021 Japanese general elections, but retained his seat in the lower house as representative of the Southern Kanto proportional representation block.[7] Nevertheless, Amari resigned from his position as the party's Secretary General, and Kishida appointed Toshimitsu Motegi to be his replacement.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "甘利明 Official Web | Akira Amari". amari-akira.com. Archived from the original on 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
  2. ^ "Aso elected premier / Announces Cabinet lineup himself; poll likely on Nov. 2" Archived 2008-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, The Yomiuri Shimbun, 25 September 2008.
  3. ^ [1] [dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Abe’s reshuffle promotes right-wingers" - Korea Joongang Daily - 2014/09/05 Archived 2014-09-04 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Japanese economy minister Akira Amari quits over bribery claims Archived 2018-05-04 at the Wayback Machine"
  6. ^ "Kishida taps ex-economy minister Akira Amari as LDP's No. 2". The Japan Times. 2021-09-30. Archived from the original on 2021-10-16. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  7. ^ 日本放送協会. "衆議院選挙2021 神奈川(横浜・川崎など)開票速報・選挙結果 小選挙区 NHK". www.nhk.or.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2021-11-01. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  8. ^ Takenaka, Kiyoshi (2021-11-02). "Japan's foreign minister Motegi to take key ruling party post". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Labour
1998–1999 		Succeeded by
Takamori Makino
Preceded by Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
2006–2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of State for Regulatory Reform
2008–2009 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
2012–2016 		Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Chief of the Public Relations Headquarters,
Liberal Democratic Party
2011-2012 		Succeeded by
Chairman of the Policy Research Council,
Liberal Democratic Party
2012
Preceded by Chief of the Administrative Reform Promotion Headquarters,
Liberal Democratic Party
2017-2018 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chairman of the Election Strategy Committee,
Liberal Democratic Party
2018-2019 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chairman of the Tax Research Commission,
Liberal Democratic Party
2019-2021 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party
2021 		Succeeded by
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