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MOTEGI Toshimitsu

Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
Minister in charge of Social Security Reform
Minister in charge of TPP and Japan-U.S. Trade Negotiations

Date of birth: October 7, 1955
Birth Place:Tochigi Prefecture
Politiacl Party: Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
Member of the House of Representatives (Elected 9 times)
Constituency: Tochigi 5 District
Education
June 1983 Completed Master's Degree at John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
March 1978 Graduated from Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo
Career
October 2018 Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
Minister in charge of Social Security Reform
Minister in charge of TPP and Japan-U.S. Trade Negotiations
August 2017 Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
Minister for Human Resources Development
Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization
August 2016 Chairman, Policy Council, Liberal Democratic Party
September 2014 Chairman, Election Committee, Liberal Democratic Party
December 2012 Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
(2nd Abe Cabinet)
September 2011 Chairman, Policy Council, Liberal Democratic Party
September 2010 Chairman, Public Relations Headquarters, Liberal Democratic Party
August 2008 Minister of State for Financial Services and Administrative Reform
(Fukuda Cabinet)
September 2007 Chairman, Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare, House of Representatives
September 2003 Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs,
Science and Technology Policy, and Information Technology
(1st Koizumi Cabinet )
October 2002 Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
(1st Koizumi Cabinet (1st Reshuffled))
October 1999 Vice-Minister for International Trade and Industry
(Obuchi Cabinet(2nd Reshuffled))
July 1993 Elected to the House of Representatives (Tochigi Prefecture 5th district)
(elected 8 times consecutively)
1978-1992 Marubeni Corporation
Political Journalist of the Yomiuri Shimbun
Management Consultant, Mckinsey & Company

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