IWAYA Takeshi

• Chair, Board of Oversight and Review of Specially Designated Secrets, House of Representatives


• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Elected: Oita 3rd District (single-seat constituency), nine times
• Born: 24 August 1957, Beppu, Oita
• Education:
• Kagoshima La Salle High School
• Department of Political Science, School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University

• Career:
• Secretary to a Member of the House of Representatives (HR)
• Member, Oita Prefectural Assembly (1987)
• First elected to the House of Representatives (1990)
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense Agency
• State Minister for Foreign Affairs
• Minister of Defense
• Senior Director, HR Standing Committee on National Security
• Chair, HR Standing Committee on Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
• Director, HR Standing Committee on Budget
• Director, HR Commission on the Constitution
• Deputy Chairperson, General Council, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
• Chairperson, LDP Research Commission on Security
• Chairperson, LDP Headquarters for Party and Political System Reform Implementation
• Chairperson, LDP Research Commission on Public Safety and Counter-Terrorism