Shozaburo Jimi

Shozaburo Jimi (自見 庄三郎, Jimi Shōzaburō, born November 5, 1945 in Kokura Kita-ku, Kitakyūshū) is a Japanese politician of the People's New Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). Jimi is a registered medical practitioner, and was a graduate of the department of medicine at Kyushu University in 1977. He was elected to the House of Councillors 2007, after serving more than 20 years in the House of Representatives of Japan for the 4th and 10th Fukuoka districts respectively. He is now serving as the State Minister in charge of Financial and Postal Issues.

Honours

• Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (2016)

External links

• Official website (Japanese)

House of Councillors
Preceded by N/A	Councillor by proportional representation 2007–present	Succeeded by N/A
House of Representatives of Japan
New title New constituency	Representative for Fukuoka 10th district 1996–2005	Succeeded by Kyōko Nishikawa
Preceded by MMC	Representative for Fukuoka 4th district (multi-member) 1983–1996 Served alongside: Kōzō Yamamoto, Kazuo Hirotomo, Sekisuke Nakanishi, others	Constituency abolished
Political offices
Preceded by Shizuka Kamei	Minister for Postal Reform Minister of State for Financial Services 2010–2012	Succeeded by Tadahiro Matsushita
Preceded by Hisao Horinouchi	Minister of Posts and Telecommunications 1997–1998	Succeeded by Seiko Noda
Party political offices
Preceded by Shizuka Kamei	President of the People's New Party 2012 –	Incumbent
Preceded by Hisaoki Kamei	Secretary General of the People's New Party 2009–2010	Succeeded by Mikio Shimoji