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MATSUMOTO Yohei

Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Profile

Date of birth
Hometown
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
7

Past Career

Education

  • Graduated from Keio University, Faculty of Economics

Career

  • Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
    (2nd Takaichi Cabinet)

  • Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
    (1st Takaichi Cabinet)

  • Member, House of Representatives (HR) Standing Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry;
    Deputy Chairperson (and) Chief Secretary of LDP Policy Research Council

  • Senior Director, HR Standing Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry;
    Deputy Chairperson (and) Chief Secretary of LDP Policy Research Council

  • Director, HR Special Committee on Reconstruction after Great East Japan Earthquake and Disaster Management;
    Deputy Chairperson (and) Chief Secretary of LDP Policy Research Council

  • Deputy Chairperson (and) Chief Secretary of LDP Policy Research Council

  • Senior Director, HR Standing Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry;
    Deputy Secretary-General, LDP

  • Director, HR Standing Committee on Rules and Administration;
    Deputy Chairperson, LDP Diet Affairs Committee

  • State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (and) State Minister of Cabinet Office
    (4th Abe Cabinet (2nd Reshuffled))

  • Director, HR Standing Committee on Rules and Administration;
    Deputy Chairperson, LDP Diet Affairs Committee

  • State Minister of Cabinet Office
    (3rd Abe Cabinet (2nd Reshuffled))

  • Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
    (3rd Abe Cabinet)

  • Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
    (2nd Abe Cabinet (Reshuffled))

  • Director, Youth Division, LDP

  • Deputy Secretary-General, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)

  • Elected to the House of Representatives for the first time

  • Joined Sanwa Bank (now Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, Ltd.)