State Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare

Date of Birth: May 23, 1966
Place of Birth: Tokushima Prefecture
Constituency: Tokushima 1st District
Career
- Oct. 2005 State Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare (Takaichi Cabinet)
- Nov. 2024 State Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare (The second Ishiba Cabinet)
- Oct. 2024 Elected to the House of Representatives (HR) (50th General Election)
- Mar. 2024 Director, Committee on Judicial Affairs, HR
- Dec. 2023 Deputy Chief Secretary, Project Team on Lifelong Health for Women, Policy Research Council, Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
- Nov. 2023 Deputy Chief Secretary, Headquarters for the Promotion of a Digital Society, Policy Research Council, LDP
- Oct. 2023
Deputy Chairperson, Committee on Organizations Involved with Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, LDP
Deputy Chairperson, Committee on Organizations Involved with Information and Communications, LDP
Deputy Director, Health, Labour and Welfare Division, LDP
Member, Diet Affairs Committee, LDP - Oct. 2021 Elected to the HR (49th General Election)
- Oct. 2012 Director, Special Committee on Consumer Affairs, HR
- Oct. 2009 Member, Committee on Health, Welfare and Labour, HR
- Aug. 2009 Elected to the HR (45th General Election)
- Mar. 2014 Doctor of Philosophy, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokushima University
- Mar. 1997 Graduated from the School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tokushima University
- Mar. 1991 Graduated from the Department of Basic Science, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo
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