IGF 2023 High-Level Track

Date of Birth | April 7, 1958;
Birthplace | Born in Aichi Prefecture
Affiliation | Member of the House of Representatives; From Aichi 7th District (Elected six times)

Career
March 1982
Graduated from the School of Law, Waseda University
April 1982
Joined the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management (3rd generation student)
May 1991
Elected as a Seto City Council Member (served two terms for eight years)
November 2003
First elected to the House of Representatives (43rd general election)
September 2005
Re-elected to the House of Representatives (44th general election)
August 2008
Appointed as Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (the reshuffled Fukuda Cabinet)
September 2008
Continued as Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (the Aso Cabinet)
December 2012
Re-elected to the House of Representatives (46th general election)
September 2014
Appointed as Director, Economy, Trade and Industry Division, Policy Research Council, Liberal Democratic Party
December 2014
Re-elected to the House of Representatives (47th general election)
October 2015
Appointed as State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (the third reshuffled Abe Cabinet)
September 2016
Appointed as Chairperson of the House of Representatives Judicial Affairs Committee
October 2017
Re-elected to the House of Representatives (48th general election)
October 2018
Appointed as State Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications (the fourth reshuffled Abe Cabinet)
September 2019
Appointed as Director, Local Organizations and Local Assembly Members Division, Party Organization and Campaign Headquarters, Liberal Democratic Party
September 2020
Appointed as Deputy Chairperson (in charge of General Affairs), Diet Affairs Committee, Liberal Democratic Party
October 2021
Re-elected to the House of Representatives (49th general election)
October 2022
Appointed as Chair of the Special Committee for Investigation of Nuclear Power Issues, House of Representatives
September 2023
Appointed as Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications in the second Kishida Cabinet (second reshuffle)