(As of March 2025)
IWAYA Takeshi
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Oita 3rd District (single-seat constituency), elected ten times
- In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
- Born: 24 August 1957, Beppu, Oita
- Education:
- Kagoshima La Salle High School
- School of Political Science and Economics (political science), Waseda University
- Career:
- Secretary to Member of the House of Representatives
- Member, Oita Prefectural Assembly (1987)
- First elected to the House of Representatives (1990)
- Parliamentary Secretary for the Japan Defense Agency
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Minister of Defense
- Chair, HR Standing Committee on Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- Director, HR Standing Committee on Budget
- Director, HR Commission on the Constitution
- Chair, HR Board of Oversight and Review of Specially Designated Secrets
- Chairperson, LDP Research Commission on Security
- Chairperson, LDP Research Commission on Public Safety and Counter-Terrorism
