Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Photo of MEXT Minister MATSUMOTO Yohei

Born
Aug. 31, 1973

Place of Birth
Tokyo

Member, House of Representatives
Constituency

Tokyo Proportional (Tokyo 19)

Number of Times Elected
6

Education and Career

Mar. 1996 Graduated from Keio University, Faculty of Economics
Apr. 1996 Joined Sanwa Bank (now Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, Ltd.)
Sept. 2005 Elected to the House of Representatives for the first time
Jan. 2013 Deputy Secretary-General, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
Oct. 2013 Director, Youth Division, LDP
Sept. 2014 Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office (Third Abe Cabinet)
Aug. 2016 State Minister of Cabinet Office (Third Abe Cabinet/Second Reshuffle)
Aug. 2017 Director, House of Representatives(HR) Standing Committee on Rules and Administration;
Deputy Chairperson, LDP Diet Affairs Committee
Sept. 2019 State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (and) State Minister of Cabinet Office (Fourth Abe Cabinet, Second Reshuffle)
Oct. 2020 Director, HR Standing Committee on Rules and Administration;
Deputy Chairperson, LDP Diet Affairs Committee
Nov. 2021 Senior Director, HR Standing Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry;
Deputy Secretary-General, LDP
Sept. 2022 Deputy Chairperson (and) Chief Secretary of LDP Policy Research Council
Oct. 2023 Director, HR Special Committee on Reconstruction after Great East Japan Earthquake and Disaster Management;
Deputy Chairperson (and) Chief Secretary of LDP Policy Research Council
Jan. 2024 Senior Director, HR Standing Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry;
Deputy Chairperson (and) Chief Secretary of LDP Policy Research Council
Oct. 2024 Member, HR Standing Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry;
Deputy Chairperson (and) Chief Secretary of LDP Policy Research Council
Oct. 2025 Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (First Takaichi Cabinet)

(Management and Coordination Division, Minister's Secretariat)