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

NONAKA Atsushi

Date of Birth
Nov. 17, 1976

Place of Birth
Saitama Prefecture

Party affiliation
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)

M.P. career
Member of the House of Representatives
Constituency: Kitakanto Proportional (Saitama 12th District)

Education and Career

March 2004 Graduated Keio University, Faculty of Business and Commerce
June 2005 Joined Saireki Kensetsu Kogyo Co., Ltd.
April 2007 Saitama Prefectural Assembly Member (served two terms)
Dec. 2012 Elected to the House of Representatives for the first time (served five consecutive terms thereafter)
Aug. 2017 Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Sept. 2019 Deputy Secretary-General, LDP
Aug. 2022 State Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Oct. 2023 Chairperson, Standing Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, HR
Nov. 2024 State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Second Ishiba Cabinet)

(Management and Coordination Division, Minister's Secretariat)