MORIYAMA Masahito
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Profile
- Date of birth
- December 14, 1953
- Place of Birth
- Osaka, Japan
- Political party
- Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
- Affiliation
- Member of the House of Representatives
- Constituency
- Kinki Proportional (Hyogo 1st District)
- Number of times elected
- 5
Past career
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- Mar. 1977
- Graduated Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo
- Mar. 2013
- Received Doctoral Degree in Law, Completed Doctoral Course, Graduate School of Law, Kobe University
- Mar. 2014
- Received Doctoral Degree in Commerce, Kobe University
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- Sep. 2023
- Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
(Second Kishida Cabinet (Second Reshuffle)) - Nov. 2021
- Chief Deputy Chairperson, Diet Affairs Committee, LDP
Chief Director, Committee on Rules and Administration, House of Representatives - Oct. 2021
- Elected at 49th General Elections (5th term)
- Oct. 2020
- Deputy Chairperson, Diet Affairs Committee, LDP
Director, Committee on Rules and Administration, House of Representatives - Oct. 2019
- Chairperson, Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare, House of Representatives
- Aug. 2017
- Director, Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Division, LDP
- Oct. 2015
- State Minister of Justice, State Minister of Cabinet Office (Third Abe Cabinet)
- Sep. 2014
- Director, Judicial Affairs Division, LDP
- Sep. 2005
- First elected to 44th House of Representatives (Hyogo 1st District)
- Aug. 2005
- Director-General, Data and Information Office, Policy Bureau, Ministry of Land, Transport and Infrastructure
- Mar. 1981
- Transport and Tourism Division, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris
- Apr. 1977
- Ministry of Transport