Hisaoki Kamei

Hisaoki Kamei (Japanese亀 井 久 兴, Kamei Hisaoki; born November 8, 1939 in Shibuya, Tokyo Prefecture, reported in Tsuwano, Shimane Prefecture) is a Japanese politician. He was until 2009 a Member of the Shūgiin and General Secretary of the New People's Party.

After studying Political Science at Gakushuin Kamei 1962 employees at Nippon Yusen. A year later he became the secretary of the Shūgiin deputies Matsuda Takechiyo. From 1967 he worked for Yoshida Kōgyō, where he was Executive 1969.

1974 won Kamei as a candidate of the Liberal Democratic Party ( LDP) with a mandate in Sangiin and in 1980 re-elected for a second term. First time in 1978 was State Secretary in the Ministry of Post, in 1982 in the Committee on International Trade and Industry Committee Chairman for the first time.

In the 1990 election Shūgiin Kamei was first elected in the constituency Shimane into Shūgiin and since then five times re-elected, according to the 1994 reform constituency in the third constituency in Shimane. In the party Kamei belonged first to Kōchikai, 1999, he was among the founders of the Taiyūkai Kono Yohei. From 1997 to 1998, Kamei was head of the Department of State Country Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto in the second cabinet.

2002, the number of constituencies was reduced in Shimane to two, the intra-party race for the nomination in the 2nd constituency Shimane lost Kamei against Wataru Takeshita, the brother of former Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita. In 2003 he was re-elected on the proportional representation block Chūgoku. Before Shūgiin - election in 2005 Kamei left as an opponent of the proposed by Prime Minister Koizumi postal privatization, the LDP and was co-founder and General Secretary of the New People's Party. Koizumi's policy he described as " authoritarian ". Kamei was a candidate in the second constituency against Takeshita, but only received the second highest share of the vote and was reelected again only on the proportional representation list.

2009 lost Kamei, as well as the party chairman Tamisuke Watanuki his seat in Shūgiin. His successor as Secretary General of the People's New Party was Shôzaburô Jimi.

Kamei is the third son of Count Kamei Koretate, a descendant of the daimyo Kamei Korenori. His maternal grandfather was the writer and members of the Kizokuin Count Arima Yorichika. His eldest daughter is the Sangiin MPs Akiko Kamei ( People's New Party).