KOIZUMI Shinjiro

• Minister of Defense


• Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Kanagawa 11th District (single-seat constituency), elected seven times


• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Born: April 1981, Yokosuka, Kanagawa
• Education:
• College of Economics, Kanto Gakuin University, Japan
• Master of Arts in Political Science, Columbia University, USA

• Career:
• Research Associate, Center for Strategic and International Studies, USA
• Secretary to HR Member
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction
• Minister of the Environment
• Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness
• Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
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• Chairperson, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Kanagawa Prefecture House of Representatives 11th Electoral District Branch
• Director, Youth Division, LDP Party Organization and Campaign Headquarters
• Director, LDP Agriculture and Forestry Division
• Deputy Secretary-General, LDP
• Director, LDP Health, Labour and Welfare Division
• Acting Chairperson, LDP General Council
• Deputy Chairperson, LDP Diet Affairs Committee
• Chairperson, LDP Election Strategy Committee
• Chair, HR Standing Committee on National Security