(As of March 2025)
ITO Yoshitaka
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
Minister for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety
Minister of State for Regional Revitalization
Minister of State for Ainu-Related Policies
Minister in charge of the Creation of New Regional Economies and
Living Environments
Minister for the World Expo 2025
Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Hokkaido Bloc (proportional representation), elected six times
- In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
- Born: November 1948, Asahikawa, Hokkaido
- Education:
- Faculty of Education, Hokkaido University of Education
- Career:
- Member, Kushiro City Assembly (three terms)
- Member, Hokkaido Legislative Assembly (two terms)
- Mayor of Kushiro (two terms)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance
- State Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- Chairperson, Federation of Hokkaido Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Branches
- Deputy Chairperson, LDP General Council
- Deputy Secretary-General, LDP (two terms)
- Deputy Chairperson, LDP Diet Affairs Committee
- Director, HR Standing Committee on Rules and Administration
- Director, HR Standing Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- Senior Director, HR Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems
- Chair, HR Standing Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- Director, LDP Fisheries Division
- State Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (two terms)
- Chair, HR Special Committee for Regional Revitalization
- Chairperson, Livestock and Dairy Policy Committee, LDP Agriculture and Forestry Division
- Chairperson, LDP Special Committee on Hokkaido Comprehensive Development (Chairperson, LDP Headquarters on the Promotion of Hokkaido Zero Carbon)
- Chairperson, Federation of Hokkaido LDP Branches (fifth term)
- Member, HR Standing Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- Member, HR Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems
- Deputy Chairperson, LDP Diet Affairs Committee
- Director, HR Standing Committee on Rules and Administration
- Director, HR Standing Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- Director, HR Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems
