ABE Toshiko

Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

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Profile

Date of birth
May 19, 1959
Place of Birth
Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture
Political party
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
Affiliation
Member of the House of Representatives
Constituency
Chugoku Proportional (Okayama 3)
Number of times elected
6

Past career

  • Oct. 2024
    Minister of Education, Culture Sports, Science and Technology
    Dec. 2023
    State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
    Oct. 2023
    Senior Director, Special Committee on Consumer Affairs, House of Representatives
    Oct. 2022
    Senior Director, Standing Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, House of Representatives
    Dec. 2021
    Senior Director, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives
    Oct. 2020
    Chair, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives
    Oct. 2018
    State Minister of Foreign Affairs
    Sept. 2014
    State Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
    Dec. 2012
    Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs
    Sept. 2005
    Elected to the House of Representatives for the first time (currently serving 6th term)
    April 2003
    Vice President, Japanese Nursing Association
    April 2002
    Assistant Professor,Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Graduate School of Health Care Sciences
    March 2000
    Lecturer, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Care Sciences
    Sept. 1997
    Completed Doctoral Course in nursing, University of Illinois Chicago
    April 1997
    Lecturer, Gunma University Graduate School of Health Sciences