PROFILE OF THE STATE MINISTER OF EDUCATION, CULTURE, SPORTS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

ABE Toshiko

Date of Birth
May 19, 1959

Place of Birth
Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture

Party affiliation
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)

M.P. career
Member of the House of Representatives
Constituency: Chugoku Proportional (Okayama 3)

Education and Career

April 1997 Lecturer, Gunma University Graduate School of Health Sciences
Sept. 1997 Completed Doctoral Course in nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago
March 2000 Lecturer, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Care Sciences
April 2002 Assistant Professor, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Graduate School of Health Care Sciences
April 2003 Vice President, Japanese Nursing Association
Sept. 2005 Elected to the House of Representatives for the first time (currently serving 6th term)
Dec. 2012 Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs
Sept. 2014 State Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Oct. 2018 State Minister of Foreign Affairs
Oct. 2020 Chair, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives
Dec. 2021 Senior Director, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives
Oct. 2022 Senior Director, Standing Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, House of Representatives
Oct. 2023 Senior Director, Special Committee on Consumer Affairs, House of Representatives
Dec. 2023 State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

(Management and Coordination Division, Minister's Secretariat)