(As of March 2025)
KIUCHI Minoru
Minister in charge of Economic Security
Minister of State for "Cool Japan" Strategy
Minister of State for Intellectual Property Strategy
Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
Minister of State for Space Policy
Minister of State for Economic Security
Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Shizuoka 7th District (single-seat constituency), elected seven times
- In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
- Born: 19 April 1965, Shinjuku, Tokyo
- Education:
- University of Tokyo's Faculty of Arts and Sciences majoring in International Affairs (Mar. 1989)
- Career:
- Apr. 1989Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
- Jun. 1990Stationed at the Embassy of Japan to the Federal Republic of Germany
- Sep. 1997Served as the official interpreter for German of His Majesty the Emperor and the Prime Minister
- Nov. 2002Resigned from MOFA
- Nov. 200343rd Lower House elections:
- elected as independent candidate in Shizuoka prefecture
- Sep. 200544th Lower House elections:
- lost election as independent candidate in Shizuoka prefecture
- Aug. 200945th Lower House elections:
- elected as independent candidate in Shizuoka prefecture
- Dec. 201246th Lower House elections:
- re-elected as Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) candidate in Shizuoka prefecture
- Appointed Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (Second Abe Cabinet)
- Sep. 2013Appointed Director, Foreign Affairs Division, LDP
- Sep. 2014Appointed State Minister for Foreign Affairs (Second Abe Cabinet)
- Dec. 201447th Lower House elections:
- re-elected as LDP candidate in Shizuoka prefecture
- Appointed State Minister for Foreign Affairs (Third Abe Cabinet)
- Sep. 2016Appointed Chair, the Special Committee on North Korean Abductions and Other Issues, HR
- Aug. 2017Appointed Director, Economy, Trade and Industry Division, LDP
- Appointed Director-General, Information Research Bureau, LDP
- Oct. 201748th Lower House elections:
- re-elected as LDP candidate in Shizuoka prefecture
- Oct. 2018Appointed State Minister for the Environment
- Oct. 2019Appointed Deputy Chairperson, Diet Affairs Committee, LDP
- Oct. 2021Appointed Chair, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, HR
- May 2022Appointed Chairperson, Federation of Shizuoka Prefecture LDP Branches
