SHIBAYAMA Masahiko

• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Elected: Saitama 8th District (single-seat constituency), seven times
• Born: December 1965, Nagoya, Aichi
• Education:
• Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo

• Career:
• Lawyer (Attorney)
• Sumitomo Realty & Development Co., Ltd.
• Lawyer at Toranomon Chuo Law Firm
• Member, Tokyo Bar Association
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
• State Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
• Special Advisor to the Prime Minister (in charge of Important Policies on National Security and Election System)
• Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
• Chairperson, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Saitama Prefecture House of Representatives (HR) 8th Electoral District Branch (Mar. 2004)
• Director, LDP Public Speeches Division
• Director, LDP Judicial Affairs Division
• Director-General, LDP Information Research Bureau
• Director, LDP Treasury and Finance Division
• Chief Deputy Secretary-General, LDP (Special Advisor to the President)
• Acting Chairperson, LDP Policy Research Council
• Acting Secretary-General, LDP
• Chairperson, Federation of Saitama Prefecture LDP Branches
• Senior Director, HR Standing Committee on Judicial Affairs
• Chair, HR Standing Committee on Cabinet
• Director, HR Standing Committee on Budget
• Director, HR Commission on the Constitution