Profile

Date of Birth: August 3, 1965
Place of Birth: Miyazaki Prefecture
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
Member of the House of Representatives
Constituency: Miyazaki 3rd District
Number of Elected: 6

 

Past career

Education

1989	Graduated from the University of Tokyo (Faculty of Law)

Career

Nov. 2021	Minister of Justice (2nd Kishida Cabinet)
Sep. 2020	Chairperson of the Special Committee on North Korean Abductions and Other Issues, House of Representatives
Oct. 2019	Deputy Chairperson, Research Commission for the Promotion and Development of Okinawa, LDP
Oct. 2019	Member of the Committee on Financial Affairs, House of Representatives
Sep. 2019	Deputy Chairperson, Election Strategy Committee, LDP
Oct. 2018	Chairperson of the Special Committee on Reconstruction after Great East Japan Earthquake, House of Representatives
Dec. 2016	Deputy Chairperson, Research Commission on the Judiciary System, LDP
Oct. 2016	Director of the Committee on Judicial Affairs, House of Representatives
Jan. 2016	Director of the Committee on Financial Affairs, House of Representatives
Oct. 2014	Acting Secretary-General and Chief Secretary, Research Commission for the Promotion of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) and Highways, LDP
Oct. 2014	Manager, Research Commission on the Tax System, LDP
Oct. 2014	Chairperson of the Committee on Financial Affairs, House of Representatives
Sep. 2013	State Minister of Finance
May 2013	Chief Secretary, Election Strategy Committee, LDP
Jan. 2013	Director of the Committee on Rules and Administration, House of Representatives
Dec. 2012	Deputy Chairperson, Diet Affairs Committee, LDP
Oct. 2012	Deputy Secretary-General, LDP
Oct. 2010	Director of the Special Committee on Disasters, House of Representatives
Sep. 2010	Director, Youth Division, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
Aug. 2008	Parliamentary Secretary for Environment
Aug. 2007	Parliamentary Secretary for Justice
Nov. 2003	Elected to the House of Representatives for the first time (43rd General Election)
Apr. 1994	Policy Secretary to a Member of the House of Representatives
Apr. 1989	Entered the Ministry of Construction