Atsushi Suzuki (鈴木敦, ''Suzuki Atsushi'', born 15 December 1988) is a

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who is a member of the

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since 2021. Suzuki is the fourth youngest member of the

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after

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, Shin Tsuchida and Nobuchiyo Kishi.

Early life

Suzuki was born in

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. After dropping out of Surugadai University, he became a staff member for former House of Representatives member and

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official Hiro Takayoshi before becoming the staff in charge of the Democratic Party for the People (DPFP) National Diet Task Force.

Political career

In October 2021, it was announced that the DPFP will run Suzuki as the party's candidate in Kanagawa 10th district in the 2021 general election. Partly due to his limited time for campaigning as he became the party's nominee just a few weeks before the election, he lost to

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candidate Kazunori Tanaka, but was elected in through the Southern Kanto proportional representation block. In November 2023, Suzuki alongside 4 other members split from the DPFP to become a founding member of Free Education for All, in which he was appointed as Chairman of the National Assembly Policy Committee. In the 2024 election, Suzuki ran in the Southern Kanto PR block for the

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party and held onto his seat.

References

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