HIRAI Takuya

Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Shikoku Bloc (proportional representation), elected nine times

• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Born: January 1958, Takamatsu, Kagawa
• Education:
• Faculty of Foreign Studies, Sophia University

• Career:
• 1980DENTSU INC.
• 1987Chief Executive Officer, Nishinippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
• 2005Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
• 2006Director, Economy, Trade and Industry Division, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
• 2007State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
• 2009Chairperson, LDP Special Mission Committee on IT StrategyIT
• 2011Director, LDP Internal Affairs and Communications Division
• 2012Chair, HR Standing Committee on Cabinet
• 2017Chairperson, LDP Public Relations Headquarters
• 2018Minister in charge of Information Technology PolicyIT
• 2019Chairperson, LDP Digital Nation Special Committee
• 2020Minister for Digital Transformation
• 2021The First Minister for Digital
• 2021Chairperson, LDP Headquarters for the Promotion of a Digital Society, Policy Research Council
• 2023 and 2024Chairperson, LDP Public Relations Headquarters