Ministers
Profile of State Minister for Foreign Affairs Yasuhide NAKAYAMA
December 25, 2014
Yasuhide NAKAYAMA
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
Member of the House of Representatives
Osaka 4th Electoral District (elected four times)
Biography
| Date | Curriculum Vitae |
|---|---|
| October 14, 1970 | Born in Kita-ward, Osaka City |
| 1989 | Graduated from Lycée Seijo d'Alsace (studied in France for three years in high school days). |
| March 1993 | Graduated from the Faculty of Law, Seijo University |
| April 1993 | Joined DENTSU INC. |
| 1995 | Secretary to the Commissioner of the Management and Coordination Agency |
| 1999 | Secretary to the Minister of Construction |
| 2001 | Secretary in charge of policy to Yuriko KOIKE, member of the House of Representatives Secretary in charge of policy to Masaaki NAKAYAMA, member of the House of Representatives |
| November 2003 | Elected to the House of Representatives for the first time (43rd General Election) |
| September 2005 | Elected to the House of Representatives (44th General Election, second term) |
| September 2005 | Director of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the House of Representatives |
| July 2006 | Completed Senior Political Leaders Development Program at Yale University |
| August 2007 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (1st Abe Reshuffled Cabinet and Fukuda Cabinet) |
| September 2008 | Director of the Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of the House of Representatives |
| May 2009 | Director of the National Defense Division of the LDP |
| March 2010 | Graduated from the Graduate School of Waseda University (M.A.) |
| December 2012 | Elected to the House of Representatives (46th General Election, third term) Director of the National Defense Division of the LDP |
| January 2013 | Director of the Committee on Security of the House of Representatives Chief Secretary of the Research Commission on Security of the LDP |
| October 2013 | Senior director of the Special Committee on North Korean Abductions and Other Issues of the House of Representatives Chief Secretary of the Research Commission on Security of the LDP |
| September 2014 | State Minister for Foreign Affairs (2nd Abe Reshuffled Cabinet) |
| December 2014 | Elected to the House of Representatives (47th General Election, fourth term) State Minister for Foreign Affairs (3rd Abe Cabinet) |
Family: Wife, a son and a daughter