ABE Keishi

• Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Hyogo 2nd District (single-seat constituency), elected twice


• In-House Group: Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party)
• Born: 1986, Miyagi; raised in Okayama
• Education:
• School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan
• Master of Science in Foreign Service (global politics and security), Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, USA

• Career:
• Specialty:
• - Crisis management
• - Medicine and public health
• Medical doctor (neurosurgery and home healthcare)
• National Center for Global Health and Medicine
• Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
• Involved in:
• - Formulating domestic policies related to vaccines and medical fees
• - Diplomacy with international organizations and other countries
• - Crisis management for infectious diseases posing a global threat
• WHO Headquarters
• Involved in:
• - Formulating infectious disease crisis management policy
• - Formulating public health crisis management policy for weapons of mass destruction
• - Humanitarian crisis response
• McKinsey & Company (Management consulting)
• World Bank (Consultant)
• First elected to the House of Representatives (Oct. 2024)
• Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party);
• - Chief of Staff for the President and the Secretary-General of the Party
• - Secretary-General of the National Security Committee
• - President of the Intelligence Sub-Committee