native_name_lang predecessor successor birth_place party office primeminister native_name birth_date term_start article_title term_end name alma_mater
ja hidehisa otsuji hakuo yanagisawa iga , mie , japan liberal democratic party minister of health , labour , and welfare junichiro koizumi 川崎 二郎 15 november 1947 31 october 2005 jirō kawasaki
 26 september 2006 jirō kawasaki keio university
jirō kawasaki

kawasaki was born in iga , mie .
his father and grandfather were both politicians .
he attended keio university and graduated with a degree in commerce .
after several years working at matsushita , kawasaki won a seat in the house of representatives , representing mie prefecture in 1980 .
kawasaki is a long-time rival of hiroshi nakai of the democratic party of japan , and the two have repeatedly challenged each other for seats representing mie in the diet .
he served as minister of transportation under keizō obuchi , and later as director of the hokkaido development agency .
on october 31 , 2005 , junichiro koizumi chose kawasaki to head the ministry of health , labor and welfare .
