IWAYA Takeshi
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Profile
- Date of birth
- August 24, 1957
- Hometown
- Beppu City, Oita Prefecture
- Political party
- Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
- Affiliation
- Member of the House of Representatives
- Constituency
- Oita 3rd
- Number of times elected
- 9
Past career
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- March 1981
- Graduated from the Department of Political Science, School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University
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- October 2024
- Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ishiba Cabinet)
- January 2024
- Chair, the Board of Oversight and Review of Specially Designated Secrets, House of Representatives
- December 2021
- Commended as a long-standing member of the House of Representatives
- November 2021
- Acting Chairperson, Research Commission for the Establishment of a Tourism Oriented Nation, Liberal Democratic Party
- October 2021
- Elected to the House of Representatives (49th General Election)
- October 2020
- Chairperson, Research Commission on Public Safety and Counter-Terrorism, Liberal Democratic Party
- October 2018
- Minister of Defense (4th Abe Cabinet (Reshuffled))
- October 2017
- Elected to the House of Representatives (48th General Election)
- August 2017
- President, Central Institute of Politics, Liberal Democratic Party
- December 2014
- Elected to the House of Representatives (47th General Election)
- December 2012
- Director, Committee on Budget, House of Representatives
- December 2012
- Elected to the House of Representatives (46th General Election)
- October 2012
- Chairperson, Research Commission on Security, Liberal Democratic Party
- August 2009
- Elected to the House of Representatives (45th General Election)
- September 2008
- Chair, Committee on Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, House of Representatives
- September 2006
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs (1st Abe Cabinet)
- September 2005
- Elected to the House of Representatives (44th General Election)
- October 2004
- Director, National Defense Division, Liberal Democratic Party
- November 2003
- Elected to the House of Representatives (43rd General Election)
- January 2001
- Parliamentary Secretary for the Japan Defense Agency (2nd Mori Cabinet (Reshuffled))
- June 2000
- Elected to the House of Representatives (42nd General Election)
- February 1990
- Elected to the House of Representatives for the first time (39th General Election)
- April 1987
- Member, Oita Prefectural Assembly