PROFILE OF THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION, CULTURE, SPORTS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Date of Birth Place of Birth Party affiliation M. P. career Constituency |
Education and Career
March 1977 | Graduated Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo |
March 2013 | Received Doctoral Degree in Law, Completed Doctoral Course, Graduate School of Law, Kobe University |
March 2014 | Received Doctoral Degree in Commerce, Kobe University |
April 1977 | Ministry of Transport |
March 1981 | Transport and Tourism Division, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD), Paris |
August 2005 | Director-General, Data and Information Office, Policy Bureau, Ministry of Land, Transport and Infrastructure |
September 2005 | First elected to 44th House of Representatives (Hyogo 1st District) |
September 2014 | Director, Judicial Affairs Division, LDP |
October 2015 | State Minister of Justice, State Minister of Cabinet Office (Third Abe Cabinet) |
August 2017 | Director, Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Division, LDP |
October 2019 | Chairperson, Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare, House of Representatives |
October 2020 | Deputy Chairperson, Diet Affairs Committee, LDP Director, Committee on Rules and Administration, House of Representatives |
October 2021 | Elected at 49th General Elections (5th term) |
November 2021 | Chief Deputy Chairperson, Diet Affairs Committee, LDP Chief Director, Committee on Rules and Administration, House of Representatives |
September 2023 | Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Second Kishida Cabinet (Second Reshuffle)) |
(Management and Coordination Division, Minister's Secretariat)