Profile

MATSUI Kazumi
Mayor of the City of Hiroshima

Date of birth

Born on January 8, 1953 in Ushita, Higashi-ku, Hiroshima

Education

• Hiroshima Municipal Ushita Elementary School
• Hiroshima Municipal Ushita Junior High School
• Hiroshima Municipal Moto-machi High Schol
• Faculty of Law, Kyoto University

Work Experience

• 1976　Joined Ministry of Labor
• 1989　First Secretary, Embassy of Japan in the United Kingdom
• 1993　Director, Women Worker’s Division, Women’s Bureau, Ministry of Labor
• 1994　Employment Measures for the Aged Division, Measures for the Aged and Disabled Department, Employment Security Bureau, Ministry of Labor
• 2002　General Coordination Division, Minister’s Secretariat of the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW)
• 2006　Assistant Minister for International Affairs, MHLW; Japanese representative to the ILO Governing Body
• 2008　General, Secretariat of Central Labor Relations Commission
• April 2011　Assumed office as Mayor of Hiroshima
• April 2015　Re-elected as Mayor of Hiroshima
• April 2019　Re-elected as Mayor of Hiroshima
• April 2023　Re-elected as Mayor of Hiroshima

Family

Married with three daughters and one son.

Motto

Bridging old and new

Hobbies

Chorus (bass), Japanese calligraphy, oil painting