Profile of Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Minoru KIUCHI
Minoru KIUCHI
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
Member of the House of Representatives
Shizuoka Prefecture, 7th Electoral District (elected three times)
Biography
| Date | Curriculum Vitae |
|---|---|
| April 19, 1965 | Born |
| March 1989 | Graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo |
| April 1989 | Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan |
| June 1990 | Assigned to the Embassy of Japan in Germany |
| March 1997 | German Language Interpretation Official (served as an interpreter for His Majesty the Emperor and Prime Minister) |
| September 1998 | Participated in election observations in Bosnia as a member of the International Peace Cooperation Corps, Prime Minister’s Office. Subsequently worked at the Foreign Policy Bureau, Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and European Affairs Bureau |
| November 2002 | Resigned from diplomatic service and applied for open recruitment |
| November 2003 | Elected to the House of Representatives for the first time (43rd General Election) (independent), Member of the Committee on Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of the House of Representatives |
| July 2004 | Secretary of the Reform Implementation Headquarters of the LDP |
| January 2005 | Member of the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the Committee on Environment, and the Special Committee on Postal Privatization of the House of Representatives |
| September 2005 | Defeated in the 44th General Election (independent) |
| April 2006 | Visiting professor at Takushoku University |
| August 2009 | Elected to the House of Representatives (45th General Election) (second term) (independent) |
| September 2009 | Member of the Committee on Judicial Affairs, and the Committee on Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of the House of Representatives |
| December 2011 | Joined the Group of LDP and Independents parliamentary group in the House of Representatives |
| May 2012 | Returned to the LDP |
| October 2012 | Acting Director of the Foreign Affairs Division of the LDP, Deputy Director-General of the International Bureau of the LDP |
| December 2012 | Elected to the House of Representatives (46th General Election) (third term) (LDP), Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (2nd Abe Cabinet) |
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