| Native name | 岡田 直樹 |
|---|---|
| Office | Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political affairs, House of Councillors) |
| Prime minister | Shinzo Abe Yoshihide Suga |
| Term start | 11 September 2019 |
| Term end | 4 October 2021 |
| Predecessor | Kōtarō Nogami |
| Successor | Yoshihiko Isozaki |
| Office 1 | Member of the House of Councillors |
| Constituency 1 | Ishikawa at-large |
| Term start 1 | 26 July 2004 |
| Predecessor 1 | Sōta Iwamoto |
| Office 2 | Member of the Ishikawa Prefectural Assembly |
| Constituency 2 | Kanazawa City |
| Term start 2 | 19 March 2002 |
| Term end 2 | 29 April 2003 |
| Birth date | 9 June 1962 (age 64) |
| Birth place | Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
| Party | Liberal Democratic |
Naoki Okada (岡田 直樹, Okada Naoki) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature).
Career
A native of Kanazawa, Ishikawa and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he had worked at Hokkoku Shimbun, a regional newspaper in Kanazawa since 1989 and had served in the assembly of Ishikawa Prefecture since 2002. He was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2004. He is the Minister in charge for regional revitalization under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in the reshuffled Second Kishida Cabinet as of 10 August 2022.[1]
References
- ^ "Japan's Kishida revamps Cabinet as public support slips". Kyodo News+. 2022-08-10.
- "ja:政治家情報 〜岡田 直樹〜" (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-12-08. Retrieved 2007-10-25.
External links
- Official website in Japanese.