Katsunobu Katō

Katsunobu Kato (加藤 勝信, Katō Katsunobu, born November 22, 1955) is a Japanese politician who previously serves as the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare three times from 2017 to 2018, from 2019 to 2020, and from 2022 to 2023. He also served as Chief Cabinet Secretary from 2020 to 2021. Belonging to the Liberal Democratic Party, he has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2003.

Katsunobu Katō
加藤 勝信
Official portrait, 2020
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
In office
10 August 2022 – 13 September 2023
Prime MinisterFumio Kishida
Preceded byShigeyuki Goto
Succeeded byKeizō Takemi
In office
11 September 2019 – 16 September 2020
Prime MinisterShinzō Abe
Preceded byTakumi Nemoto
Succeeded byNorihisa Tamura
In office
3 August 2017 – 2 October 2018
Prime MinisterShinzō Abe
Preceded byYasuhisa Shiozaki
Succeeded byTakumi Nemoto
Chief Cabinet Secretary
In office
16 September 2020 – 4 October 2021
Prime MinisterYoshihide Suga
Preceded byYoshihide Suga
Succeeded byHirokazu Matsuno
Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate
In office
7 October 2015 – 3 August 2017
Prime MinisterShinzō Abe
Preceded byHaruko Arimura
Succeeded byMasaji Matsuyama
Member of the House of Representatives
for Okayama's 5th district
Assumed office
10 November 2003
Preceded byYoshitaka Murata
Personal details
Born (1955-11-22) 22 November 1955
Tokyo, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party
Children4
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo
OccupationPolitician

Born in Tokyo and a graduate of the University of Tokyo, Kato had a bureaucratic career in the Ministry of Finance before going into politics.

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