Masatsugu Asakawa

Masatsugu Asakawa

Japanese civil servant

Masatsugu Asakawa (浅川 雅嗣, Asakawa Masatsugu; born 25 January 1958), a Japanese civil servant, was the president of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Asakawa, who took office on 17 January 2020, was the 10th president of ADB. He was formerly special adviser to Shinzo Abe, prime minister of Japan, and to Taro Aso, the deputy prime minister of Japan and minister of finance.2

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Born Jan 25, 1958.1

About

He was also formerly the vice minister for international affairs in the Ministry of Finance in Japan.

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Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedUniversity of Tokyo3

Born in the Shizuoka Prefecture of Japan, Asakawa attended Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo, graduating with a BA in 1981. He joined the Ministry of Finance in Japan the same year. Asakawa later studied at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in the United States, graduating with an MPA in 1985.

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Career

Occupation: banker.5

A brief summary of Masatsugu Asakawa's career in the Ministry of Finance in Japan is as follows:

2000–2002: Regional Financial Cooperation Division, International Bureau

2002–2004: International Tax Policy Division, Tax Bureau

2004–2006: Foreign Exchange Markets Division

2006–2007: Development Policy Division

2007–2008: Director for Co-ordination Division, International Bureau

2009–2013: Deputy Vice Minister for International Affairs

2012–2013: Senior Deputy Director-General, International Bureau and Executive Assistant to Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Ministry of Finance

2013–2014: Deputy Vice Minister for Policy Planning and Co-ordination

2014–2015: Director-General of the International Bureau

2015–2019: Vice Minister for International Affairs with responsibilities for all international policies of the Japanese Ministry of Finance including G20/IMF issues, foreign exchange rate policy, and development assistance.

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Personal life

  • BornJan 25, 1958, Shizuoka Prefecture6
  • CitizenshipJapan7

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