KIUCHI Minoru
Minister in charge of Economic Security
Minister of State for "Cool Japan" Strategy
Minister of State for Intellectual Property Strategy
Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
Minister of State for Space Policy
Minister of State for Economic Security
Profile
- Date of birth
- April 19, 1965
- Political party
- Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
- Affiliation
- Member of the House of Representatives
- Constituency
- Shizuoka 7th
Past career
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- Mar. 1989
- Graduated from the University of Tokyo’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences majoring in International Affairs
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- Oct. 2024
- Appointed Minister in charge of Economic Security
Minister of State for "Cool Japan" Strategy
Minister of State for Intellectual Property Strategy
Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
Minister of State for Space Policy
Minister of State for Economic Security
(Ishiba Cabinet) - Dec. 2023
- Appointed Deputy Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
- Sept. 2023
- Appointed Deputy Chair of the Policy Research Council of the LDP
- Oct. 2022
- Appointed Senior Director, Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems
Appointed member, Committee on Foreign Affairs - May 2022
- Appointed Chairperson, Federation of Shizuoka Prefecture LDP Branches
- Oct. 2021
- Appointed Chair, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, HR
- Oct. 2021
- 49th Lower House elections:
re-elected as LDP candidate in Shizuoka prefecture - Oct. 2019
- Appointed Deputy Chairperson, Diet Affairs Committee, LDP
- Oct. 2018
- Appointed State Minister for the Environment (4th Abe Cabinet)
- Oct. 2017
- 48th Lower House elections:
re-elected as LDP candidate in Shizuoka prefecture - Aug. 2017
- Appointed Director, Economy, Trade and Industry Division, LDP
Appointed Director-General, Information Research Bureau, LDP - Sept. 2016
- Appointed Chair, Committee on North Korean Abductions and Other Issues, House of Representatives (HR)
- Oct. 2015
- Appointed Acting Director-General, International Bureau, LDP
- Dec. 2014
- 47th Lower House elections:
re-elected as LDP candidate in Shizuoka prefecture
Appointed State Minister for Foreign Affairs (3rd Abe Cabinet) - Sept. 2014
- Appointed State Minister for Foreign Affairs (2nd Abe Cabinet (reshuffled))
- Sept. 2013
- Appointed Director of Foreign Affairs Division at LDP
- Dec. 2012
- 46th Lower House elections:
re-elected as LDP candidate in Shizuoka prefecture
Appointed Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (2nd Abe Cabinet) - Aug. 2009
- 45th Lower House elections:
elected as independent candidate in Shizuoka prefecture - Apr. 2006
- Visiting Professor, Takushoku University
Faculty Member, Seisa Kokusai High School - Nov. 2003
- 43rd Lower House elections:
elected as independent candidate in Shizuoka prefecture - Apr. 1989
- Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs