Background
Yasuoka, Okiharu was born on May 11, 1939.
保岡 興治
Japanese government official legislator
Yasuoka, Okiharu was born on May 11, 1939.
Graduate, Chuo University Faculty Law, Japan, 1964.
A native of Kagoshima Prefecture and graduate of Chuo University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1972 as an independent. He later joined the Liberal Democratic Party and served as the Minister of Justice from 2000 to 2001. He was later returned to the post of Minister of Justice under Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on August 1, 2008.
Yasuoka is a licensed attorney.
He left the Liberal Democratic Party in 1994 to join the now-defunct Shinshinto party, but returned to the Liberal Democratic Party in 1995. Yasuoka is known to work himself and his staff very long hours.
He was one of the key participants in the launch of Fukuda"s administration in 2007. Yasuoka also chairs the Liberal Democratic Party"s Constitution Research Commission.
An avid jogger and swimmer, Yasuoka has repeatedly swam the 2.1 km-wide Kinko Bay in Kagoshima Prefecture.
Member Liberal Democratic Party, Japan, deputy secretary general, chairman finance committee, senior deputy chairman, policy research council, chairman, research commission on the judicial system, chairman, Constitution research commission.