HAYASHI Yoshimasa

• Chief Cabinet Secretary
• Minister in charge of Mitigating the Impact of U.S. Forces in Okinawa
• Minister in charge of the Abductions Issue


• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Elected: Yamaguchi 3rd District (single-seat constituency), once
• Born: 1961
• Education:
• Shimonoseki-Nishi High School, Japan
• Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo, Japan (class of 1984)
• Master in Public Administration, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA

• Career:
• Member, House of Councillors (HC) (Yamaguchi Prefecture, five terms)


• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance
• State Minister of Cabinet Office
• Minister of Defense
• Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
• Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
• Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
• Minister for Foreign Affairs
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• Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
• Yamaguchi Gohdoh Gas Co., Ltd.
• Moved to the US (1991)
• Worked on legislation of the Mansfield Fellowship Program as a Congressional Intern of US Senator William Roth
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• Elected to the House of Councillors (1995)
• Chairman, HC Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense
• Chairman, HC Special Committee on Official Development Assistance and Related Matters
• Chairman, HC Special Committee on Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
• Chairman, HC Commission on the Constitution
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• Chief Secretary, Administrative Reform Promotion Headquarters, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
• Chairperson, LDP Policy Board in the HC
• Acting Chairperson, LDP Policy Research Council
• Chairperson, LDP Research Commission on Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Strategy
• Chairperson, LDP Research Commission on Intellectual Property Strategy
• Chairperson, LDP Subcommittee, Research Commission on the Tax System
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• Elected to the House of Representatives (2021)