KUNIMITSU Ayano

• State Minister for Foreign Affairs


• Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Ibaraki 6th District (single-seat constituency), elected four times


• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Born: March 1979, Yamaguchi
• Education:
• Doctor of Medicine, School of Medicine, Nagasaki University, Japan
• Master of Public Health in Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
• PhD in Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan

• Career:
• Medical doctor (PhD in Medicine)
• - National Disaster Medical Center
• - Tokyo Medical Center
• Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
• - Head, Division of Heath for the Elderly, Health and Welfare Bureau for the Elderly
• - Deputy Director, Medical Economics Division, Health Insurance Bureau
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
• Deputy Director, Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Division, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
• Chairperson, LDP Ibaraki Prefecture House of Representatives 6th Electoral District Branch
• Member, HR Standing Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry
• Member, HR Standing Committee on Internal Affairs and Communications
• Member, HR Special Committee on Reconstruction after Great East Japan Earthquake and Disaster Management