MATSUMOTO Yohei
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Profile
- Date of birth
- Aug. 31, 1973
- Place of Birth
- Tokyo
- Political party
- Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
- Affiliation
- Member of the House of Representatives
- Constituency
- Tokyo Proportional (Tokyo 19)
- Number of times elected
- 6
Past career
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- 1996
- Graduated from Keio University, Faculty of Economics
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- Oct. 2025
- Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
(Takaichi Cabinet) - Oct. 2024
- Member, HR Standing Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry;
Deputy Chairperson (and) Chief Secretary of LDP Policy Research Council - Jan. 2024
- Senior Director, HR Standing Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry;
Deputy Chairperson (and) Chief Secretary of LDP Policy Research Council - Oct. 2023
- Director, HR Special Committee on Reconstruction after Great East Japan Earthquake and Disaster Management;
Deputy Chairperson (and) Chief Secretary of LDP Policy Research Council - Sep. 2022
- Deputy Chairperson (and) Chief Secretary of LDP Policy Research Council
- Nov. 2021
- Senior Director, HR Standing Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry;
Deputy Secretary-General, LDP - Oct. 2020
- Director, HR Standing Committee on Rules and Administration;
Deputy Chairperson, LDP Diet Affairs Committee - Sep. 2019
- State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (and) State Minister of Cabinet Office
(4th Abe Cabinet (2nd Reshuffled)) - Aug. 2017
- Director, House of Representatives(HR) Standing Committee on Rules and Administration;
Deputy Chairperson, LDP Diet Affairs Committee - Aug. 2016
- State Minister of Cabinet Office
(3rd Abe Cabinet (2nd Reshuffled)) - Dec. 2014
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
(3rd Abe Cabinet) - Sep. 2014
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
(2nd Abe Cabinet (Reshuffled)) - Oct. 2013
- Director, Youth Division, LDP
- Jan. 2013
- Deputy Secretary-General, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
- Sep. 2005
- Elected to the House of Representatives for the first time
- Apr. 1996
- Joined Sanwa Bank (now Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, Ltd.)