Following Hiroshima’s mayoral election on April 10, 2011, Mr. Kazumi Matsui, the new Mayor of Hiroshima, assumed office as the new President of Mayors for Peace.
Kazumi MATSUI
| Date of Birth | January 8, 1953 |  |
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| Hometown | Hiroshima City | ||
| Education | Graduated from the Faculty of Law, Kyoto University | ||
| Major Work Experience | 1976 | Joined Ministry of Labour | |
| 1989 | First Secretary, Embassy of Japan in the United Kingdom | ||
| 1993 | Director, Women Worker’s Division, Women’s Bureau | ||
| 1994 | Director, Employment Measures for the Aged Division, Measures for the Aged and Disabled Department, Employment Security Bureau | ||
| 2002 | Director, General Coordination Division, Minister’s Secretariat | ||
| 2006 | Assistant Minister for International Affairs,Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare | ||
| 2008 | Director-General, Secretariat of Central Labour Relations Commission | ||
| April 2011 | Assumed office as Mayor of Hiroshima | ||