(As of January 2024)
Career: | |
1968-1978 | Sankei Shimbun Co., Ltd. |
1979-1983 | Member, Ibaraki Prefectural Assembly (two consecutive terms) |
Dec. 1983 | Member, House of Representatives (HR) (now in 13th term) |
June 1989 | Director, Youth Division, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) |
Feb. 1990 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister of International Trade and Industry |
Mar. 1995 | Director, LDP Labour Administration Division |
Nov. 1996 | Chair, HR Standing Committee on Finance |
Sept. 1997 | Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary |
July 1998 | Minister of State, Director-General of the Defense Agency |
Dec. 1998 | Deputy Chairperson, LDP Research Commission on the Tax System |
Oct. 1999 | Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary |
Dec. 2000 | Minister of State, Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency |
Jan. 2001 | After the reorganization of government ministries and agencies: |
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy and Information Technology | |
Oct. 2002 | Acting Secretary-General, LDP |
Apr. 2003 | Chairperson, LDP Research Commission on Oil, Resources and Energy |
Sept. 2003 | Chairperson, LDP Policy Research Council |
Oct. 2005 | Minister of State, Director-General of the Defense Agency |
Oct. 2006 | Chairperson, LDP Special Committee on Space Development |
Aug. 2007 | Minister of Finance |
Aug. 2008 | Deputy Chairperson, LDP Research Commission on the Tax System |
Jan. 2013 | Subcommittee Chairperson, LDP Research Commission on the Tax System |
Oct. 2013 | Chair, HR Special Committee on National Security |
Sept. 2014 | Chairperson, LDP Research Commission for the Nuclear Energy Policy and Supply and Demand |
Mar. 2015 | Chair, HR Board of Oversight and Review of Specially Designated Secrets |
Apr. 2015 | Chairperson, LDP Headquarters for Accelerating Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake |
Jan. 2018 | Head, LDP Special Mission Committee on Fiscal Reconstruction |
Oct. 2019 | Chairperson, LDP Research Commission on Comprehensive Energy Strategy |
Dec. 2019 | Advisor, LDP Research Commission on the Tax System |
Nov. 2021 | Chairperson, LDP Headquarters for Promoting the Fiscal Consolidation |
Oct. 2023- | Speaker, House of Representatives |