(As of March 2025)
NAKATANI Gen
Minister of Defense
Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Kochi 1st District (single-seat constituency), elected 12 times
- In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
- Born: 14 October 1957, Kochi City, Kochi
- Education:
- Undergraduate Course (Faculty of Science and Engineering), National Defense Academy
- Career:
- First Lieutenant, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
- Secretary to the Minister of Health and Welfare
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for National Land Agency
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
- Senior Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Home Affairs
- Minister of State, Director General of the Defense Agency
- Minister in charge of Security Legislation
- Minister of Defense
- Special Advisor to the Prime Minister
- Acting Chairperson, Headquarters for the Promotion of Revision of the Constitution, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
- Acting Chairperson, LDP Policy Research Council
- Member, LDP General Council
- Chairperson, LDP Research Commission on Security
- Chairperson, LDP Research Commission on Forestry Policy
- Deputy Chairperson, LDP Policy Research Council
- Deputy Secretary-General, LDP
- Deputy Chairperson, LDP Diet Affairs Committee
- Director-General, LDP Public Relations Bureau
- Director-General, LDP Organization Bureau
- Chair, HR Standing Committee on Internal Affairs and Communications
- Director, HR Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Director, HR Standing Committee on National Security
- Director, HR Special Committee on Humanitarian Assistance for Reconstruction in Iraq; Prevention of International Terrorism and Japan's Cooperation and Support
- Director, HR Special Committee on Anti-Piracy Measures, Prevention of International Terrorism, and Japan's Cooperation and Support
- Other:
- Commended by the House of Representatives for long service (25 years) as a Member of the National Diet in February 2015
