Jiro Akama
Jiro Akama | |
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赤間 二郎 | |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 16 December 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Kentaro Motomura |
| Constituency | Kanagawa 14th |
| In office 11 September 2005 – 30 August 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Hirohisa Fujii |
| Succeeded by | Kentaro Motomura |
| Constituency | Kanagawa 14th |
| Member of the Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly | |
| In office 11 April 1999 – 11 September 2005 | |
| Constituency | Sagamihara City |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 27, 1968 Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Political party | LDP (since 1999) |
| Spouse | Mamiko Akama |
| Children | Yujiro Miyu Yuna |
| Alma mater | Rikkyo University (BEc) University of Manchester (MSc, Economic Sociology) |
Jiro Akama (赤間 二郎, Akama Jirō; born March 27, 1968) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). He is the Senior Vice Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications. A native of Sagamihara, Kanagawa, he graduated from Rikkyo University and received his master's degree in economic sociology from the University of Manchester. He was elected to the first of his two terms in the assembly of Kanagawa Prefecture in 1999 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005.