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

Inquiries regarding this page

Secretarial Division, Planning and General Affairs Bureau
1-6-34 Kokutaiji-machi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima
Tel: 082-504-2037 / Fax: 082-246-4734
Mail: [email protected]