MOTEGI Toshimitsu

Minister for Foreign Affairs

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Profile

Date of birth
October 7, 1955
Place of Birth
Tochigi Prefecture
Political party
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
Affiliation
Member of the House of Representatives
Constituency
Tochigi 5 District
Number of times elected
11

Past career

  • 1983
    Completed Master's Degree at John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
    1978
    Graduated from Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo
  • Oct. 2025
    Minister for Foreign Affairs
    (Takaichi Cabinet)
    Nov. 2021
    Secretary-General, Liberal Democratic Party
    Oct. 2021
    Minister for Foreign Affairs
    Sep. 2020
    Minister for Foreign Affairs
    Sep. 2019
    Minister for Foreign Affairs
    Oct. 2018
    Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization
    Minister in charge of Social Security Reform Oriented to All Generations
    Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
    Nov. 2017
    Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization
    Minister for Human Resources Development
    Minister in charge of Total Reform of Social Security and Tax
    Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
    Aug. 2017
    Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization
    Minister for Human Resources Development
    Minister in charge of Total Reform of Social Security and Tax
    Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
    Aug. 2016
    Chairperson, Policy Research Council, Liberal Democratic Party
    Sep. 2014
    Chairperson, Election Strategy Committee, Liberal Democratic Party
    Dec. 2012
    Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
    Minister of State for the Nuclear Damage Compensation Facilitation Corporation
    Minister in charge of the Response to the Economic Impact caused by the Nuclear Accident
    Minister in charge of Industrial Competitiveness
    Sep. 2011
    Chairperson, Policy Research Council, Liberal Democratic Party
    Sep. 2009
    Chairperson, Federation of Tochigi Prefecture Liberal Democratic Party Branches
    Aug. 2008
    Minister of State for Financial Services and Administrative Reform
    Sep. 2007
    Chair, Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare, House of Representatives
    Sep. 2003
    Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs, Science and Technology Policy, and Information Technology
    Oct. 2002
    State Minister for Foreign Affairs
    Oct. 1999
    Parliamentary Vice-Minister of International Trade and Industry
    Jul. 1993
    Elected to the House of Representatives (Tochigi Prefecture 5th district)
    (elected 11 times consecutively)
    1984 - 1992
    Management Consultant, Mckinsey & Company
    1983
    Political Journalist of the Yomiuri Shimbun
    1978 - 1980
    Marubeni Corporation