Iwao Uruma Explained

Iwao Uruma
Native Name Lang:jp
Office:Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
Term Start:24 September 2008
Term End:16 September 2009
Primeminister:Taro Aso
Predecessor:Masahiro Futahashi
Successor:Kin'ya Takino
Birth Date:19 April 1945
Birth Place:Tokyo, Empire of Japan
Alma Mater:University of Tokyo

is a Japanese police officer who served as Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary from 2008 to 2009. He previously served as Commissioner General of the National Police Agency from 2004 to 2007.

Biography

Early life and education

Iwao Uruma was born in Tokyo on 19 April 1945. His father was a police officer in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and his older brother also became a police officer. After attending Hibiya High School, Uruma studied law at the University of Tokyo. He joined the National Police Agency after graduating in 1969.[1] [2]

Policing career

After working mainly with criminal investigation, Uruma was seconded to the Japanese embassy in Moscow as first secretary from 1980 to 1983. After that he often held posts related to intelligence and security. He was seconded to the Defense Agency as chief of the Annex Research Office in the Second Investigation Bureau of the JGSDF Staff from 1987 to 1989. Uruma served as chief of the Nara Prefectural police from 1989 to 1991, of the Aichi Prefectural police from 1996 to 1999, Deputy Superintendent General of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department from 1999 to 2000 and chief of the Osaka Prefectural police from 2000 to 2001.[3]

Uruma was named chief of the Security Bureau of the National Police Agency in May 2001. He was promoted to Deputy Commissioner General in August 2002 and was named Commissioner General in August 2004. He retired in August 2007. He was noted as a police officer who spearheaded investigation into North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens.[4]

Civil service and retirement

When Tarō Asō became prime minister in September 2008, Uruma was appointed Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for administrative affairs. He retired with the end of the Aso Cabinet in September 2009.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 栗生 俊一. 2023-12-01. Prime Minister's Office of Japan. https://web.archive.org/web/20081013191335/https://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/asodaijin/080924/21uruma.html . 2008-10-13 . ja-JP.
  2. Web site: 2007-11-22 . 【話の肖像画】徹底捜査せよ(4)前警察庁長官 漆間巌さん . 2023-12-01. Sankei Shimbun. https://web.archive.org/web/20080122010648/http://sankei.jp.msn.com/life/trend/071122/trd0711220405001-n1.htm . 2008-01-22 . ja-JP.
  3. Web site: 2007-11-21 . 【話の肖像画】徹底捜査せよ(3)前警察庁長官 漆間巌さん . 2023-12-01. Sankei Shimbun. https://web.archive.org/web/20080126133141/http://sankei.jp.msn.com/life/trend/071121/trd0711210342001-n1.htm . 2008-01-26 . ja-JP.
  4. Web site: 2008-09-23 . 官房副長官に漆間氏を起用へ/麻生内閣発足に向け . 2023-12-01. Shikoku News . ja-JP.