Akira Amari

Akira Amari (甘利 明, Amari Akira; born 27 August 1949) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and a former member of the lower house.

Akira Amari
甘利 明
Official portrait, 2015
Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party
In office 1 October 2021 – 4 November 2021
President	Fumio Kishida
Vice President	Tarō Asō
Preceded by	Toshihiro Nikai
Succeeded by	Toshimitsu Motegi
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization
In office 26 December 2012 – 28 January 2016
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Seiji Maehara
Succeeded by	Nobuteru Ishihara
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
In office 26 September 2006 – 2 August 2008
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe Yasuo Fukuda
Preceded by	Toshihiro Nikai
Succeeded by	Toshihiro Nikai
Minister of Labour
In office 30 July 1998 – 5 October 1999
Prime Minister	Keizō Obuchi
Preceded by	Bunmei Ibuki
Succeeded by	Takamori Makino
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 19 December 1983 – 9 October 2024
Constituency	Kanagawa 3rd (1983–1996) Southern Kanto PR (1996–2000; 2009–2012; 2021–2024) Kanagawa 13th (2000–2009; 2012–2021)
Personal details
Born	(1949-08-27) 27 August 1949 (age 75) Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Parent	Tadashi Amari [ja] (father)
Alma mater	Keio University

Personal life

Amari is a native of Atsugi, Kanagawa, where he attended Kanagawa Prefectural Atsugi High School. He graduated from Keio University in 1972 with a degree in political science.^[1] After spending two years working at Sony, he left to work as a secretary for his father, Tadashi Amari, who at the time represented Kanagawa's 3rd district in the House of Representatives.

Career

He is a member of the Japan–Korea Parliamentarians' Union and the Japan-China Friendship Parliamentarians' Union.

With members of the Yasuo Fukuda Cabinet (September 26, 2007)

He was the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry from 2006 to 2008.

In the Cabinet of Prime Minister Taro Aso, appointed on 24 September 2008, Amari was appointed as Minister of State in charge of Administrative Reform.^[2]

On December 26, 2012, Amari was appointed to the newly created cabinet-level position of Minister of State for Economic Revitalization in the second Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Amari's responsibilities within the Abe government also include tax and social security reform.^[3] Like Abe and most members of the Cabinet, he is affiliated to the openly revisionist organization Nippon Kaigi.^[4]

In 2016, Amari resigned from his Cabinet post amidst allegations of bribery, and was succeeded by Nobuteru Ishihara.^[5]

In late September 2021, newly elected Prime Minister Fumio Kishida appointed Amari to succeed Toshihiro Nikai as the Secretary General of the LDP.^[6] In an upset, Amari lost his seat representing Kanagawa's 13th district to Constitutional Democratic Party opponent Hideshi Futori during the 2021 Japanese general elections, but retained his seat in the lower house as representative of the Southern Kanto proportional representation block.^[7] Nevertheless, Amari resigned from his position as the party's Secretary General, and Kishida appointed Toshimitsu Motegi to be his replacement.^[8]