Mr. Hiroshi Suzuki, Prime Minister Secretary to the Foreign Affairs Council Government 13:13, July 14
At the Cabinet meeting on the 14th, the government appoints Mr. Hiroshi Suzuki, who has been the Secretary of the Prime Minister for more than seven years since the inauguration of the second Abe Cabinet in 2012, as the Foreign Affairs Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I decided the personnel.
Suzuki, 59, is appointed as the Foreign Affairs Counselor in charge of economics. He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1985, and after serving as a minister to South Korea and the United Kingdom, he has served as Secretary-General of the Prime Minister for more than seven years since the second Abe Cabinet was established in December 2012.
In addition, Mr. Takehiro Funakoshi, Cabinet Secretary of the National Security Agency, will be appointed as Secretary to the Prime Minister, who will succeed Mr. Suzuki.
This appointment will be issued on 21st of this month.