Ministers
Profile of State Minister for Foreign Affairs Minoru KIUCHI
December 25, 2014
Minoru KIUCHI
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
Member of the House of Representatives
Shizuoka 7th Electoral District (elected four 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 Committee on Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of the House of Representatives |
| January 2005 | Member of Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of the House of Representatives Member of Committee on Environment of the House of Representatives Member of 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 Committee on Judicial Affairs of the House of Representatives Member of 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 |
| December 2012 | Elected to the House of Representatives (46th General Election, third term) (LDP), Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (2nd Abe Cabinet) |
| September 2013 | Director of the Foreign Affairs Division of the LDP Director of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives Director of the Special Committee on National Security of the House of Representatives |
| September 2014 | State Minister for Foreign Affairs (2nd Abe Reshuffled Cabinet) |
| December 2014 | Elected to the House of Representatives (47th General Election, fourth term) (LDP) State Minister for Foreign Affairs (3rd Abe Cabinet) |