YAMAGUCHI Tsuyoshi

Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Hyogo 12th District (single-seat constituency), elected eight times

• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Born: October 1954, Hyogo
• Education:
• Faculty of Law (Political Science Course and Legal Profession Course), University of Tokyo, Japan
• MA, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, USA
• PhD, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, USA

• Career:
• Passed Class I Recruitment Examination for Ministry of Foreign Affairs Officials
• 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 (2000)
• State Minister of Cabinet Office
• State Minister for Foreign Affairs
• Minister of the Environment
• Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness
• 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