Katsunobu Katō

Katsunobu Katō (加藤 勝信, Katō Katsunobu; born 22 November 1955)  is a Japanese politician who was the Minister of Finance from 2024 until 2025 in the Shigeru Ishiba cabinet.

Katō was the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare from 2017 to 2018, from 2019 to 2020 and again from 2022 to 2023. He also was the Chief Cabinet Secretary from 2020 to 2021. He is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2003.

In August 2024, Katō announced his leadership candidacy for the Liberal Democratic Party in the 2024 leadership election. He lost the election to former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba on 27 September 2024.

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