Akira Amari

1972     

Graduated from Keio University, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law  

1972   

Entered Sony Corporation 

1974 

Secretary for Masao Amari (Member of the House of Representatives) 

1983     

Elected as a member of the House of Representatives (HR) (Has subsequently been re-elected seven times)  

1989 

Parliamentary vice-minister of International Trade and Industry (Uno  Cabinet)

1989    

Parliamentary vice-minister of International Trade and Industry (Kaifu Cabinet) 

1993     

Director, International Trade and Industry Division, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)  

1995      

Chairman, Committee on Commerce and Industry, HR 

1998       

Minister of Labour (Obuchi Cabinet) 

2000        

Chairman, Finance Committee, LDP 

2000         

Chairman, Research Commission on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, LDP 

2004          

Chairman, Committee on Budget, HR 

2005           

Acting Chairman, Policy Research Council, LDP

2006 

Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (Abe Cabinet)