HIRAGUCHI Hiroshi
Minister of Justice
Profile
- Date of birth
- Hometown
- Etajima City, Hiroshima Prefecture
- Political Party
- Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
- Affiliation
- Member of the House of Representatives
Past Career
Education
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Graduated from the Faculty of Law, the University of Tokyo
Career
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Minister of Justice
(2nd Takaichi Cabinet)
Elected to the House of Representatives at the 51st General Election -
Minister of Justice
(1st Takaichi Cabinet) -
Deputy Chairperson, Policy Research Council, LDP
Director, Committee on Environment, House of Representative (HR) -
Director, Special Committee on Political Reform, HR
Elected to the HR at the 50th General Election -
Vice-Chairperson, Public Relations Headquarters, LDP
Director-General, Information Bureau, LDP -
Chairperson, Special Committee on Political Ethics and Election Law, LDP
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Chairperson, Federation of Hiroshima Prefecture LDP Branches
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Chairperson, Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, LDP
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Elected to the HR at the 49th General Election
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Director, Land, Infrastructure, Transport Division, LDP
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Director, Health, Labor and Welfare Division, LDP
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State Minister of Justice
(4th Abe Cabinet (Reshuffled)) -
Chairperson, Committee on Judicial Affairs, HR
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Elected to the HR at the 48th General Election
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Deputy Secretary-General, LDP
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State Minister of Environment
(3rd Abe Cabinet (Reshuffled)) -
Member, Committee on Cabinet, HR
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Director, Committee on Budget, HR
Member, Special Committee on Regional Revitalization, HR -
Elected to the HR at the 47th General Election
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Director, Committee on Cabinet, HR
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Director, Special Committee on Disasters, HR
Acting Director, Land, Infrastructure, Transport Division, LDP -
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Justice
(2nd Abe Cabinet) -
Director, Committee on Cabinet, HR
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Director, Special Committee on Disaster Prevention, HR
Deputy Director, Land, Infrastructure, Transport Division, LDP -
Elected to the HR at the 46th General Election
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Elected to the HR at the 44th General Election
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Chairperson, Liberal Democratic Party(LDP) Hiroshima Prefecture HR 2nd Electoral District Branch
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Deputy Director-General, River Bureau, MLIT
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Chief of Akita Prefectural Police Headquarters
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Director, Coordination Division, Construction Economics Bureau, Ministry of Construction
(currently the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism 【MLIT】) -
Director, Planning Division, Planning Department, Tottori Prefecture
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Studied at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School (Regional Planning) in the United States
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Joined the Ministry of Construction, assigned to the Road Bureau