PROFILE OF PARLIAMENTARY VICE-MINISTER OF EDUCATION, CULTURE, SPORTS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

 YAMAMOTO Sakon

Date of Birth
July 9, 1982

Place of Birth
Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture

Party Affiliation
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)

M.P career
Member of the House of Representatives
(elected once to proportional representation seat in Tokai Bloc)

Education and Career

August 2006 Faculty of Policy Studies, Nanzan University（coursework toward a bachelor’s degree）
July 2006 Racing driver, Formula One（～December 2011）
March 2012 Vice President, Medical Corporation Sawarabi-kai; Social Welfare Corporation Sawarabi-kai（～March 2018）
April 2012 Senior Vice President, Medical Corporation Sawarabi-kai
June 2015 President, Certified NPO Corporation India Welfare Village Society
April 2018 Chief Executive Officer; Design Executive Officer, Sawarabi-kai Group
October 2021 First elected to the 49th House of Representatives
August 2022 Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction（Kishida’s second, reshuffled cabinet）

（Management and Coordination Division, Minister's Secretariat）