(As of April 2026)

KIHARA Minoru

  • Chief Cabinet Secretary
  • Minister in charge of Mitigating the Impact of U.S. Forces in Okinawa
  • Minister in charge of the Abduction Issue

  • Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Kumamoto 1st District (single-seat constituency), elected seven times

  • In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
  • Born: 12 August 1969, Kumamoto City, Kumamoto
  • Education:
  • Kumamoto Prefectural Seiseiko Senior High School
  • School of Education, Waseda University
Career:
2024 -Chairperson, Research Commission on Security, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
2023 - 2024Minister of Defense
2022 - 2023Chair, HR Standing Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
2021 -Chief Secretary, LDP Policy Research Council
2021 -Secretary General, LDP Research Commission on Security
2021 -Member of the House of Representatives (5th term)
2019 - 2021Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for National Security Affairs
2019 - 2019Deputy Chairperson, LDP Election Strategy Committee
2018 - 2019Deputy Chairperson, LDP Diet Affairs Committee
2018 - 2019Director, HR Commission on the Constitution
2017 - 2018State Minister of Finance - 2nd term
2017 -Member of the House of Representatives - 4th term
2016 - 2017State Minister of Finance - 1st term
2015 - 2016Director, LDP Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Division
2014 - 2017Member of the House of Representatives - 3rd term
2014 - 2015Director, Youth DivisionALDP Party Organization and Campaign Headquarters
2013 - 2014Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense
2012 - 2014Member of the House of Representatives - 2nd term
2009 - 2012Deputy Chairperson, Federation of Kumamoto Prefecture LDP Branches
2005 - 2009Member of the House of Representatives - 1st term
2004 - 2005LDP School of Politics
1993 - 2004Junior Executive, Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.
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