MUTO Yoji
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Minister in charge of the Response to the Economic Impact Caused by the Nuclear Accident
Minister for Green Transformation
Minister in charge of Industrial Competitiveness
Minister of State for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation
Profile
- Date of birth
- October 18, 1955
- Place of Birth
- Gifu Prefecture
- Political party
- Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
- Affiliation
- Member of the House of Representatives
- Constituency
- Gifu 3rd
- Number of times elected
- 5
Past career
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- March 1978
- Graduated from the Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University
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- October 2024
- Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Minister in charge of the Response to the Economic Impact caused by the Nuclear Accident
Minister for Green Transformation
Minister in charge of Industrial Competitiveness
Minister of State for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation
(Ishiba Cabinet) - September 2022
- Director, Committee on Rules and Administration, LDP
- May 2022
- Chairperson, Federation of Gifu Prefecture Liberal Democratic Party Branches
- December 2021
- Chief Secretary, Research Commission on Comprehensive Energy Strategy, LDP
- December 2021
- Director, Committee on Foreign Affairs, HR
- November 2021
- Deputy Chairperson, Research Commission on Comprehensive Agriculture and Forestry Administration, LDP
- November 2021
- Acting Chief Secretary, Petroleum Distribution Issues Parliamentary Association, LDP
- November 2021
- Deputy Chairperson, Research Commission on Market Competitiveness Policy, LDP
- November 2021
- Chairperson, Special Committee on Wildlife Damage Control, LDP
- October 2021
- Elected to the House of Representatives (49th General Election)
- October 2020
- Deputy Chairperson, Research Commission on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise and Small Business, LDP
- February 2020
- Deputy Secretary-General, LDP
- October 2019
- Director, Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry, HR
- September 2019
- Director, Economy, Trade and Industry Division
- October 2018
- Deputy Chairperson, Research Commission on Agriculture, Forestry and Food Strategy, LDP
- October 2018
- Chairperson, Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, HR
- October 2017
- Elected to the House of Representatives (48th General Election)
- August 2017
- State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Director-General of Local Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters
State Minister of Cabinet Office
(3rd Abe Cabinet (3rd reshuffled), 4th Abe Cabinet (reappointment)) - August 2016
- Deputy Chairperson, Policy Research Council, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
Director, Standing Committee on Budget, House of Representatives (HR) - October 2015
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs
(3rd Abe Cabinet (reshuffled)) - December 2014
- Elected to the House of Representatives (47th General Election)
- September 2013
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
(2nd Abe Cabinet (reshuffled), 3rd Abe Cabinet (reappointment)) - December 2012
- Elected to the House of Representatives (46th General Election)
- September 2005
- Elected to the House of Representatives for the first time (44th General Election)
- December 2004
- President, Kikukawa Co., Ltd.
- December 1996
- President, Mutouka Shoji
- February 1990
- Secretary to Minister of International Trade and Industry
- September 1988
- Joined Mutouka Shoji
- April 1978
- Joined Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd.