HIRAGUCHI Hiroshi

• Minister of Justice


• Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Hiroshima 2nd District (single-seat constituency), elected seven times


• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Born: August 1948, Etajima, Hiroshima
• Education:
• Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo, Japan
• MA (regional planning), University of Pennsylvania, USA

• Career:
• Road Bureau, Ministry of Construction (now Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism)
• Director, Planning Division, Planning Department, Tottori Prefecture
• Director, Coordination Division, Construction Economy Bureau, Ministry of Construction
• Chief, Akita Prefectural Police Headquarters
• Senior Deputy Director-General, River Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
• First elected to the House of Representatives (2005)
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Justice (2013)
• State Minister of the Environment (2015)
• Director, HR Standing Committee on Budget
• Deputy Secretary-General, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
• Chair, HR Standing Committee on Judicial Affairs
• State Minister of Justice (2018)
• Director, LDP Land, Infrastructure and Transport Division
• Director, HR Standing Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
• Chair, HR Standing Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (2021)