is a Japanese politician.
| Masanao Ozaki | |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Office: | Member of the House of Representatives |
| Constituency: | Kōchi 2nd district |
| Term Start: | 3 November 2021 |
| Predecessor: | Hajime Hirota |
| Office2: | Governor of Kōchi Prefecture |
| Term Start2: | 7 December 2007 |
| Term End2: | 6 December 2019 |
| Predecessor2: | Daijiro Hashimoto |
| Successor2: | Seiji Hamada |
| Alma Mater: | University of Tokyo |
| Birth Date: | 14 September 1967 |
| Birth Place: | Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan |
| Party: | LDP (2020-present) |
| Otherparty: | Independent (before 2020) |
He graduated from University of Tokyo with the Bachelor of Economics degree in 1991 and a former bureaucrat of the Ministry of the Treasury (now the Ministry of Finance).[1] He worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1998 to 2000. He worked as a secretary in the Embassy of Japan in Indonesia (firstly, Second Secretary and from 2001, First Secretary). He served as a secretary of the Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary from 2006. He retired from the Ministry of Finance in October 2007.
He ran and was elected governor of Kochi Prefecture in 2007.
After serving as governor for three terms and 12 years, he announced his candidacy for the Lower House general election.[2] He ran for Kōchi 2nd district from the Liberal Democratic Party and was first elected to the House of Representatives after defeating Hajime Hirota, an incumbent member of the House of Representatives of the CDP.[3] [4]