State Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare

写真(HAMACHI Masakazu)

HAMACHI MasakazuMember of the House of Representatives

Date of Birth: May 8, 1970
Place of Birth: Fukuoka Prefecture
Constituency: Proportional Representation District

Career

  • 2023 Sep. State Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare (Kishida Cabinet)
  • 2021 Nov. Director, Committee on Rules and Administration, the House of Representatives (HR)
  •     Oct. Member, Central Secretariat, Komeito
  •   Deputy Chair, Diet Policy Committee, Komeito
  •   Reelected to the HR (49th General Election)
  • 2020 Oct. Director, International Affairs Bureau, International Affairs Committee, Komeito
  •   Director, Special Committee on North Korean Abductions and Other Issues, HR
  •   Director, Committee on Budget, HR
  • 2019 Oct. Chief Secretary, Research Commission on Foreign Affairs and National Security, Komeito
  •   Chief Secretary, Research Commission on the Constitution, Komeito
  • 2018 Nov. Director, Committee on Judicial Affairs, HR
  •     Oct. Director, Judicial Affairs Division, Komeito
  • 2017 Oct. Reelected to the HR (48th General Election)
  •     Mar. Director, Committee on Foreign Affairs, HR
  • 2016 Oct. Representative, Fukuoka Prefectural Headquarters, Komeito
  •   Director, National Security Division, Komeito
  •   Director, Committee on National Security, HR
  • 2015 Oct. Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (3rd Abe Reshuffled Cabinet)
  • 2014 Dec. Reelected to the HR (47th General Election)
  • 2012 Dec. Elected to the HR (46th General Election)
  • 2008 Sep. Registered as an attorney
  • 2006 Nov. Passed the national bar examination
  • 2002 Nov. Passed the national examination for Shiho-shoshi (Judicial Scriveners)
  • 1997 Apr. Joined a major condominium development and sales company
  • 1994 Apr. Joined UBS Securities Japan Co., Ltd.
  •     Mar. Graduated from Faculty of Law, Waseda University