Yosuke Suzuki | |
|---|---|
鈴木 庸介 | |
 Suzuki in 2022 | |
| Member of theHouse of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 5 November 2021 | |
| Constituency | Tokyo PR |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1975-11-21)21 November 1975 (age 49) Toshima, Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | CDP (since 2017) |
| Other political affiliations | DPJ (2015–2016) DP (2016–2017) |
| Alma mater | Rikkyo University Columbia University London School of Economics |
Yosuke Suzuki ( 鈴木 庸介, born 21 November 1975) is a Japanese politician. He serves in theHouse of Representatives as a member of theConstitutional Democratic Party. He was elected for the first time in 2021.[1]
Born in Kitaotsuka,Toshima-ku,Tokyo. He graduated from Nishisugamo Elementary School in Toshima Ward. While he was a student atRikkyo University's Faculty of Economics, he was the captain of the wrestling club. After graduating from college, he joinedNHK as a reporter. Suzuki acquired postgraduate degrees atColumbia University and theLondon School of Economics.[2]
Suzuki was appointed as the head of theDemocratic Party of Japan's10th district of Tokyo in December 2015.[3][4] In October 2016, due to the resignation ofYuriko Koike from the House of Representatives in order to run as the Governor of Tokyo, Suzuki ran for the Democratic Party in the 10th district of Tokyo for the House of Representatives, but was defeated by the Liberal Democratic Party's memberMasaru Wakasa.
On September 28, 2017, the Democratic Party decided to join theParty of Hope led by Koike without holding an official candidate for the 48th House of Representatives general election. On October 2, whenYukio Edano announced his intention to launch a new party, the Constitutional Democratic Party.[5] Suzuki held a press conference with Akihiro Matsuo, Harumi Yoshida and others, who are the heads of the Democratic Party branch and expressed his intention to run for the Constitutional Democratic Party.[6]
In the49th House of Representatives general election in October 2021, he ran for theConstitutional Democratic Party as candidate from the 10th district of Tokyo and was elected.[7][8] In the representative election (held on November 30) following the resignation ofYukio Edano, he was named as a nominee forJunya Ogawa.[9] He represented as member of the Japanese Diet delegation at theOECD meeting on March 17 and 18, 2022[10]
On July 26, 2022, the Constitutional Democratic Party warned Suzuki, who entered Ukraine, where an evacuation advisory was issued, in the name of the secretary-general. He decided to suspend party positions such as the assistant chairman of the Policy Research Council for one month.[11]