KIHARA Seiji

• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Elected: Tokyo 20th District (single-seat constituency), five times
• Born: 8 June 1970, Shinjuku, Tokyo
• Education:
• Bachelor of Law, University of Tokyo, Japan
• MSc in Public Administration, LSE (London School of Economics and Political Science), UK

• Career:
• Deputy Director, Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Finance
• Elected to the House of Representatives (HR) for the first time (2005)
• State Minister for Foreign Affairs
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
• Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
• Special Advisor to the Prime Minister
• Chief Secretary, Administrative Reform Promotion Headquarters, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
• Chief Secretary, LDP Research Commission on the Finance and Banking Systems
• Chairperson, LDP Committee on Organizations Involved with Public Finance, Finance and Securities
• Deputy Chairperson, LDP Policy Research Council
• Chair, HR Standing Committee on Cabinet