Kazuyoshi Akaba

Kazuyoshi Akaba
Kazuyoshi Akaba
赤羽一嘉
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 11 September 2019
Prime Minister	Shinzō Abe; Yoshihide Suga
Preceded by	Keiichi Ishii
Member of the Japanese House of Representatives
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 16 December 2012
Preceded by
Constituency	Hyogo 2nd district
	In office; 20 October 1996 – 30 August 2009
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by
Constituency	Hyogo 2nd district
	In office; 18 July 1993 – 20 October 1996 Serving with Ryuichi Doi, Hajime Ishii, ,
Preceded by
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	Hyogo 1st district
Personal details
Born	7 May 1958 (age 63); Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Political party	Komeito
Alma mater	Keio University

Kazuyoshi Akaba (赤羽一嘉, Akaba Kazuyoshi, born May 7, 1958) is a Japanese politician serving as the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism since 11 September 2019. He is also a member of the House of Representatives, representing the Hyogo 2nd district since 2012. A member of the Komeito Party, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993. He served as a representative until 2009, ending when he lost his re-election bid. In 2012, he ran again and successfully won back the seat.

References[]

政治家情報〜赤羽一嘉〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-12-03. Retrieved 2007-10-16.

External links[]

(in Japanese) Official website

Political offices
Preceded by Keiichi Ishii	Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism 2015–2019	Incumbent

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