Katsuyuki Kawai

Katsuyuki Kawai is a Japanese former politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Hiroshima, Hiroshima and graduate of Keio University, he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 1993 after serving in the assembly of Hiroshima Prefecture. After losing his seat in 2000, he was re-elected in 2003 and continued to serve multiple terms. In 2006, he was appointed as Director, National Defence Division of the LDP, and in 2021, he was selected as Chairperson of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee. In 2015, Kawai was appointed as Special Advisor to the Prime Minister during the Third Abe Cabinet’s first and second reshuffles. He was re-elected to the House of Representatives for a seventh term in 2017 and subsequently appointed as Special Advisor to LDP President Shinzo Abe for Foreign Affairs. In 2019, in the Fourth Abe Cabinet’s second reshuffle. He became Minister of Justice from 11 September 2019 to 31 October 2019. He stepped down as the Minister of Justice after reports of overpaying workers of Anri Kawai's political campaign beyond the legal limit.