Kazumi Matsui

Kazumi Matsui (松井 一實, Matsui Kazumi, born January 8, 1953) is a Japanese politician and the current mayor of Hiroshima, the capital city of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan.

Kazumi Matsui
松井 一實
Mayor of Hiroshima
Assumed office
10 April 2011
Preceded byTadatoshi Akiba
Personal details
Born (1953-01-08) January 8, 1953
Hiroshima, Japan
Alma materKyoto University

Early life

Matsui was born on January 8, 1953 in Hiroshima, Japan. His parents are hibakusha, atomic bomb survivors.[1] He earned an undergraduate law degree from Kyoto University.[2]

Career

In 1976, Matsui began his career by working at the Ministry of Labor in various positions. From 1989 to 1992, he worked at the Japanese embassy in the United Kingdom.[3] He became mayor in the unified local elections on April 10, 2011. In his bid for the mayoral position, he was supported by the Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito. He was reelected as Mayor in 2015 and 2019.

Matsui served as the president of an organization called "Mayors for Peace".[3]

References
  1. "Hiroshima mayor still dealing with the specter of atomic bombing | News, Sports, Jobs - Maui News". Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. "広島市 - 市長のプロフィール". 広島市 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  3. "Kazumi Matsui". Observatoire international des maires sur le Vivre ensemble. 2016-06-10. Retrieved 2019-07-04.

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Preceded by
Tadatoshi Akiba		 Mayor of Hiroshima
2011-present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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