NISHIMURA Yasutoshi

• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Elected: Hyogo 9th District (single-seat constituency), seven times
• Born: 15 October 1962
• Education:
• Akashi Secondary School, attached to the Faculty of Education, Kobe University, Japan
• Nada Senior High School, Japan
• Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo, Japan
• Graduate School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland, USA

• Career:
• Present Posts:
• Member of the Committee on Audit and Oversight of Administration, House of Representatives (HR)
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• Past Posts:
• Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (2022-2023)
• Minister in charge of the Response to the Economic Impact Caused by the Nuclear Accident (2022-2023)
• Minister for Green Transformation (2022-2023)
• Minister in charge of Industrial Competitiveness (2022-2023)
• Minister for Economic Cooperation with Russia (2022-2023)
• Minister of State for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation (2022-2023)
• Minister in charge of the matters on the Act on Special Measures against Novel Influenza, etc. (2020-2021)
• Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization (2019-2021)
• Minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (2019-2021)
• Minister in charge of Social Security Reform (2019-2021)
• Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (2017-2019)
• State Minister of Cabinet Office (2012-2015)
• Special Advisor to the President, LDP (2016-2017)
• Chair, HR Standing Committee on Cabinet (2016-2016)
• Executive Acting Chairperson, Election Strategy Committee, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) (2021-2022)
• Chairperson, LDP Headquarters for Novel Coronavirus Measures, Policy Research Council (2021-2022)
• Head, LDP Headquarters for the Economic Growth Strategy, Policy Research Council (2021-2022)
• Director, HR Standing Committee on Budget (2021-2022)
• Deputy Chairperson, LDP Policy Research Council (2009-2010)
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (2008-2009)
• Chief, Ishikawa Prefecture Commerce and Industry Division (1995-1997)
• Ministry of International Trade and Industry (1985-1999)