KIHARA Minoru
Chief Cabinet Secretary
Minister in charge of Mitigating the Impact of U.S. Forces in Okinawa
Minister in charge of the Abduction Issue
Profile
- Date of birth
- August 12, 1969
- Place of Birth
- Kumamoto, Japan
- Political party
- Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
- Affiliation
- Member of the House of Representatives
- Constituency
- Kumamoto 1st Electoral District
- Number of times elected
- 6
Past career
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- 1993
- Graduated from School of Education, Waseda University
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- Oct. 2025
- Chief Cabinet Secretary
Minister in charge of Mitigating the Impact of U.S. Forces in Okinawa
Minister in charge of the Abduction Issue
(Takaichi Cabinet) - Nov. 2024
- Chairperson, LDP Research Commission on Security
- Sep. 2023
- Minister of Defense
(2nd Kishida Cabinet(2nd Reshuffled)) - Oct. 2022
- Chair, Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism House of Representatives
- Oct. 2021
- Deputy Chairperson and Chief Secretary, LDP Policy Research Council
- Sep. 2020
- Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for National Security Affairs
(Suga Cabinet) - Sep. 2019
- Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for National Security Affairs
(4th Abe Cabinet (2nd Reshuffled)) - Nov. 2017
- State Minister of Finance
(4th Abe Cabinet) - Aug. 2017
- State Minister of Finance
(3rd Abe Cabinet (3rd Reshuffled)) - Aug. 2016
- State Minister of Finance
(3rd Abe Cabinet (2nd Reshuffled)) - Oct. 2015
- Director, LDP Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Division
- Sep. 2014
- Director, LDP Youth Division
- Sep. 2013
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense
(2nd Abe Cabinet) - Sep. 2005
- Elected as a Member of the House of Representatives for the first time
(44th General Election; currently serving his sixth term) - Jan. 2004
- Left Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.