Junji Suzuki | |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Office: | Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications |
Primeminister: | Fumio Kishida |
Term Start: | 13 September 2023 |
Term End: | 14 December 2023 |
Predecessor: | Takeaki Matsumoto |
Successor: | Takeaki Matsumoto |
Office1: | Member of the House of Representatives |
Constituency1: | Aichi 7th (2012–2014; 2021–2024) Tōkai PR (2014–2021) |
Term Start1: | 18 December 2012 |
Term End1: | 9 October 2024 |
Predecessor1: | Shiori Yamao |
Successor1: | Saria Hino |
Constituency2: | Tōkai PR (2003–2005) Aichi 7th (2005–2009) |
Term Start2: | 10 November 2003 |
Term End2: | 21 July 2009 |
Predecessor2: | Multi-member district |
Successor2: | Shiori Yamao |
Office3: | Member of the Seto City Council |
Term Start3: | 1991 |
Term End3: | 1999 |
Birth Date: | 7 April 1958 |
Birth Place: | Seto, Aichi, Japan |
Party: | Liberal Democratic |
Alma Mater: | Waseda University |
is a former Japanese politician who served as the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications in the Second Kishida Cabinet from September to December 2023.[1] He also served in House of Representatives as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Seto, Aichi and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected for the first time in 2003 after an unsuccessful run in 2000. He was defeated in the 2009 election by DPJ candidate Shiori Yamao. He was then elected again in 2012 but lost his seat in 2024.