Satsuki Katayama

March 9, 1959

Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

7 district. She is also a former officer of the Ministry of Finance. After graduation from the University of Tokyo, where she was chosen Mission Tokyo University, Katayama found employment as a secretary for Finance Minister Michio Watanabe. She was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in the 2005 general election and served as Deputy Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry. She was one of 83 so-called "Koizumi Children," new legislators elected amid the widespread popularity of reformist prime minister Junichiro Koizumi. Koizumi touted Katayama as a "madonna of reform." Katayama and 72 other "Koizumi Children" were defeated in the 2009 general election, in which the Democratic Party of Japan routed the Liberal Democratic Party. Following the 2009 election, Katayama commented that "the past four years have been a fight against the symbols of Koizumi"s reforms, and we have proved they were wrong." She later characterized herself as a "war-displaced orphan" in 2011. They separated after several months, divorced in 1989 and are both remarried.

Satsuki Katayama

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Background

Katayama was born in Urawa, Saitama.

Education

University of Tokyo.

Career

7 district. She is also a former officer of the Ministry of Finance. After graduation from the University of Tokyo, where she was chosen Mission Tokyo University, Katayama found employment as a secretary for Finance Minister Michio Watanabe. She was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in the 2005 general election and served as Deputy Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.

She was one of 83 so-called "Koizumi Children," new legislators elected amid the widespread popularity of reformist prime minister Junichiro Koizumi.

Koizumi touted Katayama as a "madonna of reform."

Katayama and 72 other "Koizumi Children" were defeated in the 2009 general election, in which the Democratic Party of Japan routed the Liberal Democratic Party. Following the 2009 election, Katayama commented that "the past four years have been a fight against the symbols of Koizumi"s reforms, and we have proved they were wrong." She later characterized herself as a "war-displaced orphan" in 2011. They separated after several months, divorced in 1989 and are both remarried.

Membership

She was a member of Japan"s House of Representatives for about four years, representing the Shizuoka Number. She is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. Masuzoe later became a prominent media personality and member of the House of Councillors, and both Masuzoe and Katayama were considered by the Liberal Democratic Party as candidates for the 2014 gubernatorial election in Tokyo.

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