KIUCHI_Minoru

KIUCHI Minoru

Minister in charge of Japan's Growth Strategy
Minister in charge of Developing an Environment for Wage Increases
Minister in charge of Startups
Minister in charge of Social Security Reform Oriented to All
Generations
Minister in charge of Infectious Disease Crisis Management
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform

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

Oct. 2024Appointed Minister in charge of Economic Security

Appointed Minister of State for "Cool Japan" Strategy

Appointed Minister of State for Intellectual Property Strategy

Appointed Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy

Appointed Minister of State for Space Policy

Appointed Minister of State for Economic Security