Jun Azumi

Jun Azumi (安住 淳, Azumi Jun, born 17 January 1962) is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).

[1] Born on 17 January 1962 in Miyagi Prefecture,[2] Azumi is a native of Oshika District in Miyagi Prefecture and graduate of Waseda University social science department.

He later joined New Party Harbinger and participated in the foundation of the DPJ in 1996.

[3] On 24 September 2012, Azumi declared that he will leave his post as minister to take a key role in the DPJ as top deputy secretary-general after the elections that will be at the end of 2012 or in 2013.

[4] In the 1 October 2012 cabinet reshuffle, he was succeeded as Minister of Finance by Koriki Jojima.