YAMADA Kenji

• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Elected: Hyogo 7th District (single-seat constituency), four times
• Born: April 1966, Higashiosaka, Osaka
• Education:
• Faculty of Law, Kobe University

• Career:
• Researcher, Ministry of International Trade and Industry
• Volunteer Probation Officer, Nishinomiya City Probation Officers Association
• Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
• SG Private Banking (Japan), Ltd.
• President, Ashiya Kiwanis Club
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
• Deputy Chairperson, Diet Affairs Committee, Liberal Democratic Party
• Member, Standing Committee on Rules and Administration (in charge of assisting plenary proceedings), House of Representatives
• State Minister for Foreign Affairs