KOBAYASHI Takayuki

Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Chiba 2nd District (single-seat constituency), elected five times

• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Born: November 1974, Ichikawa, Chiba
• Education:
• Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo, Japan
• Master fs degree, Harvard University, USA

• Career:
• Deputy Director, Financial Bureau, Ministry of Finance
• First Secretary, Embassy of Japan in United States of America
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense
• Minister in charge of Economic Security
• Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
• Minister of State for Space Policy
• Chairperson, Headquarters for the Promotion of Economic Security, Policy Research Council, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
• Chairperson, Headquarters for Japan-Global South Cooperation, Policy Research Council, LDP
• Director, HR Standing Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry
• Director, HR Commission on the Constitution