(As of April 2024)
SHIONOYA Ryu
- In-House Group: Independent
- Elected: Tokai Bloc (proportional representation), ten times
- Born: February 1950, Fukuroi, Shizuoka
- Education:
- Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law, Keio University, Japan
- Ambassador College, USA
- Career:
- Chairperson, International Youth Association of Japan K.S.K.K.
- Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
- State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
- Director, Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Division, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
- Chairperson, LDP Committee on Organizations Involved with Education, Culture and Sports
- Chairperson, LDP General Council
- Chairperson, LDP Election Strategy Committee
- Chairperson, LDP Finance Committee
- Chairperson, LDP Reseach Commission on Agriculture, Forestry and Food Strategy
- Chairperson, LDP Economic Strategy Headquarters for Building the Future Society based on AI
- Chairperson, LDP Research Commission on Employment Issues
- Chairperson, LDP Subcommittee, Research Commission on the Tax System
- Executive Acting Chairperson, LDP Policy Research Council
- Executive Acting Chairperson, LDP General Council
- Chair, Standing Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, House of Representatives (HR)
- Chair, HR Special Committee on Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
- Other:
- Commended by the House of Representatives for long service (25 years) as a Member of the National Diet in November 2020
