(As of August 2022)
YAMAGUCHI Tsuyoshi
- In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
- Elected: Hyogo 12th District (single-seat constituency), seven times
- Born: October 1954, Hyogo
- Education:
- Faculty of Law (Political Science Course and Legal Profession Course), University of Tokyo, Japan
- Master’s degree, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, USA
- Doctoral degree, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, USA
- Career:
- Passed the Foreign Service Officer Recruitment Examination (Advanced Level)
- First Secretary, Embassy of Japan in the UK
- Director, International Science Cooperation Division, Foreign Policy Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- First elected to the House of Representatives (HR) (2000)
- State Minister of Cabinet Office
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Senior Vice Chair, Policy Research Committee, Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)
- Chair, DPJ General Affairs Committee;
- Director, DPJ International Bureau
- Deputy Chairperson, Policy Research Council, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
- Chief Deputy Secretary-General, LDP
- Chair, HR Standing Committee on National Security
- Senior Director, HR Standing Committee on Budget
- Director, HR Standing Committee on Cabinet
- Chair, HR Special Committee on North Korean Abductions and Other Issues
- Member, HR Standing Committee on Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- Member, HR Standing Committee on Audit and Oversight of Administration