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

TAKEBE Arata

Date of Birth
July 20, 1970

Place of Birth
Shari Town, Hokkaido Prefecture

Party affiliation
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)

M.P. career
Member of the House of Representatives
Constituency: Hokkaido 12th District

Education and Career

March 1994 Graduated Waseda University, School of Law
April 1994 Joined the Industrial Bank of Japan
June 2003 Completed Master of Public Policy, University of Chicago
June 2003 Official Secretary to TAKEBE Tsutomu, Member of the House of Representatives (HR)
Dec. 2012 Elected to the House of Representatives for the first time (served 4 consecutive terms thereafter)
Aug. 2017 Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Environment and Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Oct. 2020 Member, HR Standing Committee on Rules and Administration (in charge of assisting plenary proceedings)
Oct. 2021 State Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Aug. 2022 Director, Agriculture and Forestry Division, LDP
Oct. 2023 Chair, HR Standing Committee on Judicial Affairs
Oct. 2024 State Minister of Education, Culture Sports, Science and Technology (Ishiba Cabinet)

（Management and Coordination Division, Minister's Secretariat）