Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
Date of Birth: August 3, 1965
Place of Birth: Shiga Prefecture
Constituency: Shiga 2nd District
Career
- Oct. 2025 Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare (Takaichi Cabinet)
- Oct. 2024 Elected to the House of Representavives (HR) (50th General Election)
- Apr. 2024 Chief Secretary, Research Commission on Water Policy and Land Conservation, Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
- Feb. 2024 Director, Committee on Cabinet, HR
- Oct. 2023
Secretary-General, Research Commission on Housing and Land Policy, LDP
Director, Committee on Budget, HR - Jan. 2023 Chairperson, Special Mission Committee for the Promotion of Private Finance Initiative, LDP
- Oct. 2022 Director, Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare, HR
- Aug. 2022 Deputy Chairperson, Policy Research Council, LDP
- Oct. 2021
Chair, Committee on Cabinet, HR
Elected to the HR (49th General Election) - June 2021 Chief Secretary, Research Commission on Product Distribution, LDP
- Sept. 2019 Deputy Secretary-General, LDP
- Nov. 2017 State Minister of Finance (the Fourth Abe Cabinet)
- Oct. 2017 Elected to the HR (48th General Election)
- Aug. 2017 State Minister of Finance (the Third Abe Cabinet)
- Oct. 2016 Director, Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry, HR
- Aug. 2016 Director, Economy, Trade and Industry Division, LDP
- Feb. 2016 Director, Committee on Financial Affairs, HR
- Nov. 2015
Chief Secretary, Research Commission on Housing and Land Policy
Chief Secretary, Special Committee on Sewerage and Septic Tanks, LDP - Oct. 2015 Director, Treasury and Finance Division, LDP
- Dec. 2014
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (the Third Abe Cabinet)
Elected to the HR (47th General Election) - Sept. 2014 Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (the Second Abe Cabinet)
- Oct. 2013 Acting Director, Land, Infrastructure and Transport Division, LDP
- Apr. 2013 Director, Special Committee on Disasters, HR
- Jan. 2013
Director, Committee on Environment, HR
Acting Director, Internal Affairs and Communications Division - Dec. 2012
Director, Committee on Audit and Oversight of Administration, HR
Deputy Chairperson, Diet Affairs Committee, LDP
Elected to the HR (46th General Election) - Oct. 2007 Manager, Research Commission on the Tax System, LDP
- Sept. 2005
Member, Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare, HR
Elected to the HR (44th General Election) - Apr. 1990 Joined Ministry of Home Affairs
- Mar. 1990 Graduated from Faculty of Law, Kyoto University
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