Shun'ichi Suzuki (politician)


Shun'ichi Suzuki is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.

Background and career

A native of Tokyo Metropolis and graduate of Waseda University, Suzuki and his wife belong to political dynasties: former Prime Ministers Zenkō Suzuki and Tarō Asō are respectively his father and his brother-in-law; his wife Chikako is related to Heikichi Ogawa and Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa. Suzuki was elected for the first time in 1990. He served as Minister of the Environment from 2002 to 2003 under Jun'ichirō Koizumi.
Suzuki has been appointed as Minisiter in charge of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games twice.
Taro Aso is Suzuki's brother in law.

Positions

Suzuki is affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi, and is a member of the following right-wing Diet groups. He gave the following answers to the questionnaire submitted by Mainichi to parliamentarians in 2012: