Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Date of Birth: May 9, 1973
Place of Birth: Saga, Japan
Constituency: Saga District
Career
- Oct. 2024 Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare (Ishiba Cabinet)
- Mar. 2024 Director, Committee on Health, Welfare and Labour, the House of Councillors (HC)
- Jan. 2024 Vice-Chairperson, Headquarters for the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake, the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
- Sep. 2023 Chairperson, Policy Board, LDP in the HC
- Mar. 2023 Director, Committee on Judicial Affairs, HC
- Dec. 2022 Director, Committee on Audit, HC
- Sep. 2022 Chairperson, Special Mission Committee for Returning of the Remains of Japanese Soldiers Died Overseas During World War II, LDP
- Jul. 2022 Reelected to the HC (26th regular election)
- Dec. 2021 Chairman, Committee on Rules and Administration, HC
- Oct. 2019 Director, Committee on Budget, HC
- Nov. 2018 Director, Committee on Judicial Affairs, HC
- Oct. 2018 Acting Chairperson, Policy Board, LDP in the HC
- Oct. 2018 Acting Chairperson, Policy Research Council, LDP
- Aug. 2017 Aug. 2017
- Oct. 2016 Director, Special Committee on Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement, HC
- Sep. 2016 Director, Research Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, HC
- Aug. 2016 Director-General, Personnel Bureau, LDP
- Jul. 2016 Reelected to the HC (24th regular election)
- Oct. 2015 State Minister of the Cabinet Office
- Oct. 2014 Director, Committee on Health, Welfare and Labour, HC
- Sep. 2014 Member, Committee on Health, Welfare and Labour, HC
- Sep. 2014 Vice-Chairperson, Party Organization and Campaign Headquarters, LDP
- Sep. 2013 Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Cabinet Office, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction
- Jan. 2013 Director, Special Committee on Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake, HC
- Dec. 2012 Director, Committee on Oversight of Administration, HC
- Dec. 2012 Director, Health, Labour and Welfare Division, LDP
- Oct. 2011 Chairman, Committee on Oversight of Administration, HC
- Oct. 2010 Director, Special Committee on Official Development Assistance and Related Matters, HC
- Jul. 2010 Elected to the HC (22nd regular election)
- Oct. 2009 Chairperson, Federation of Saga Prefecture Liberal Democratic Party Branches, LDP
- Sep. 2005 Member, Committee on Health, Welfare and Labour, the House of Representatives (HR)
- Sep. 2005 Elected to the HR (44th General Election)
- Apr. 1996 Joined Mitsubishi Estate Company, Limited
- Mar. 1996 Graduated from the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law, Keio University
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