MATSUMOTO Hisashi

Minister for Digital Transformation
Minister in charge of Digital Administrative and Fiscal Reform
Minister in charge of Administrative Reform
Minister in charge of the National Civil Service System
Minister in charge of Cybersecurity
Minister of State for Cybersecurity

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Date of birth
June 3, 1962
Place of Birth
Ishikawa Prefecture
Political party
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
Affiliation
Member of the House of Representatives
Constituency
Chiba 13th
Number of times elected
2

Past career

  • 1987
    Graduated from the School of Medicine, Kanazawa University
  • Oct. 2025
    Minister for Digital Transformation
    Minister in charge of Digital Administrative and Fiscal Reform
    Minister in charge of Administrative Reform
    Minister in charge of the National Civil Service System
    Minister in charge of Cybersecurity
    Minister of State for Cybersecurity
    (Takaichi Cabinet)
    Nov. 2024
    Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
    (2nd Ishiba Cabinet)
    Oct. 2024
    Re-elected to the House of Representatives (50th General Election)
    Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense (1st Ishiba Cabinet)
    Sep. 2023
    Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense (2nd Kishida Cabinet (2nd reshuffled))
    Oct. 2021
    Elected to the House of Representatives for the first time (49th General Election)
    Jul. 2021
    Specially Appointed Professor, Nippon Medical School
    Sep. 2017
    Earned Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom
    Apr. 2014
    Professor, Nippon Medical School
    Oct. 2008
    Associate Professor, Nippon Medical School
    Apr. 2000
    Joined Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Nippon Medical School
    Jun. 1994
    Earned Doctor of Medicine (Ph.D.) from Kanazawa University
    May. 1987
    Obtained Medical License (M.D.)