| Masato Shimizu | |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Order: | Member of the House of Councillors |
| Term Start: | 29 July 2019 |
| Primeminister: | Shinzō Abe |
| Predecessor: | Ichita Yamamoto |
| Party: | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Birth Date: | 1975 2, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Takasaki, Gunma, Japan |
| Alma Mater: | Meiji Gakuin University |
is a Japanese politician belonging to the Nikai Faction of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), serving his first term in the House of Councillors, representing Gumma Prefecture.
Shimizu is from the city of Takasaki in Gumma Prefecture. He graduated from the Tokyo University of Agriculture Second High School, located in Takasaki. He then attended Meiji Gakuin University in Tokyo. After graduating with a degree in economics, he worked in a number of social welfare service corporations, first as a trustee or councillor, then as a director, before beginning his political career.[1]
In 2008, at the age of 28, he ran for office as a member of the Takasaki city council, serving 2 consecutive terms (2003–2011). He then was elected as a prefectural assembly member for 2 consecutive terms (2011–2019).
In the 25th regular election of members of the House of Councillors held on 21 July 2019, he defeated Atsuko Saito, a candidate of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, and other opposition party candidates, to become a member of the House of Councillors.[2] After winning the election, be joined the Nikai faction, a faction within the LDP led by Toshihiro Nikai.[3]
Shimizu is a member of the Conference to Japan's Dignity and National Interest (Nihon no Songen to Kokueki o Mamoru Kai).
This article is largely translated from the Japanese Wikipedia article.