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Katsunobu Katō
Katsunobu Katō
加藤勝信
	Official portrait, 2020
Minister of Finance
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 October 2024
Prime Minister	Shigeru Ishiba
Preceded by	Shun'ichi Suzuki
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
	In office; 10 August 2022 – 13 September 2023
Prime Minister	Fumio Kishida
Preceded by	Shigeyuki Goto
Succeeded by	Keizō Takemi
	In office; 11 September 2019 – 16 September 2020
Prime Minister	Shinzō Abe
Preceded by	Takumi Nemoto
Succeeded by	Norihisa Tamura
	In office; 3 August 2017 – 2 October 2018
Prime Minister	Shinzō Abe
Preceded by	Yasuhisa Shiozaki
Succeeded by	Takumi Nemoto
Chief Cabinet Secretary
	In office; 16 September 2020 – 4 October 2021
Prime Minister	Yoshihide Suga
Preceded by	Yoshihide Suga
Succeeded by	Hirokazu Matsuno
Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate
	In office; 7 October 2015 – 3 August 2017
Prime Minister	Shinzō Abe
Preceded by	Haruko Arimura
Succeeded by	Masaji Matsuyama
Constituency	Chūgoku block (2003–2009); Okayama's 5th district (2009–present)
Member of the House of Representatives
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 10 November 2003
Personal details
Born	Katsunobu Murosaki; 22 November 1955 (age 68); Tokyo, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party
Spouse(s)	Shuko Kato
Children	4
Relatives	Mutsuki Kato (father-in-law); Takenori Kato (uncle-in-law); Koko Kato (sister-in-law)
Alma mater	University of Tokyo (BEc)
Occupation	Economist • Politician

Katsunobu Katō (加藤勝信, Katō Katsunobu; born 22 November 1955) is a Japanese politician who has been the Minister of Finance since 2024 in the Shigeru Ishiba cabinet.

Katō was the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare from 2017 to 2018, from 2019 to 2020 and again from 2022 to 2023. He also was the Chief Cabinet Secretary from 2020 to 2021. He is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2003.

In August 2024, Katō announced his leadership candidacy for the Liberal Democratic Party in the 2024 leadership election.^[1] He lost the election to former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba on 27 September 2024.^[2]

References

↑ "加藤勝信元官房長官が総裁選出馬にむけ「具体的に動く」推薦人集め本格化へ". TBS News Dig. 17 August 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
↑ "【速報中】自民党新総裁に石破氏決選投票で高市氏破る". 日本経済新聞 (in Japanese). 2024-09-27. Retrieved 2024-09-27.

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[1] "加藤勝信元官房長官が総裁選出馬にむけ「具体的に動く」推薦人集め本格化へ". TBS News Dig. 17 August 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.

[2] "【速報中】自民党新総裁に石破氏決選投票で高市氏破る". 日本経済新聞 (in Japanese). 2024-09-27. Retrieved 2024-09-27.

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