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  Director, Employment Measures for the Aged Division, Measures for the Aged and Disabled Department, Employment Security Bureau, Ministry of Labor
• 2002  Director, 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  Director 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
Email: hishoka@city.hiroshima.lg.jp