Katsuya Okada
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Katsuya Okada (岡田克也 Okada Katsuya, born July 14, 1953) is the president of the Democratic Party of Japan.
Okada graduated from the University of Tokyo with a degree in law, and entered the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. He later joined the Takeshita faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, and followed faction leaders Tsutomu Hata and Ichiro Ozawa to join the Japan Renewal Party in 1993. Through a series of splits and mergers, Okada then became a member of the Shinshinto, Sun Party, and Minseito, finally entering the DPJ upon its merger with Minseito in 1998.
He became president of the DPJ on May 18, 2004 and led the DPJ to one of its largest electoral victories in history during the 2004 House of Councillors election.
Okada represents Mie Prefecture in the House of Representatives.ja:岡田克也