Profile of State Minister for Foreign Affairs TSUJI Kiyoto

Mr. TSUJI Kiyoto

Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
Member of the House of Representatives
Tokyo 2nd Electoral District (elected five times)

Biography

Date	Curriculum Vitae
September 7, 1979	Born in Tokyo
1997	Graduated from St. George's School (Canada)
2003	Graduated from the University of Kyoto, B.A. Economics
April 2003	Joined Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd
2007	Graduated from the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University (Master of International Affairs)
June 2007	Research Associate, Office of the Japan Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies (USA)
July 2012	Leader, Branch of the Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo 2nd Electoral District
December 2012	Elected to the House of Representatives for the first time (46th General Election)
December 2014	Reelected to the House of Representatives (47th General Election, second term)
October 2017	Reelected to the House of Representatives (48th General Election, third term)
October 2018	Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (4th Abe Cabinet [Reshuffled])
October 2020	Campaign Director, Liberal Democratic Party
October 2021	Reelected to the House of Representatives (49th General Election, fourth term)
November 2021	Deputy Secretary-General, Liberal Democratic Party
September 2022	Deputy Chairperson, Diet Affairs Committee, Liberal Democratic Party
September 2023	State Minister for Foreign Affairs (2nd Kishida Cabinet [2nd Reshuffled])
October 2024	State Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ishiba Cabinet)
October 2024	Reelected to the House of Representatives (50th General Election, fifth term)