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

Photo of MEXT Minister MORIYAMA Masahito

Date of Birth
December 14, 1953

Place of Birth
Osaka

Party affiliation
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)

M. P. career
Member of the House of Representatives

Constituency
Kinki Proportional (Hyogo 1st District)
Number of Times Elected: 5
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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)