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October 2, 2023
State Minister for Foreign Affairs HORII Iwao

Mr. HORII Iwao

Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
Member of the House of Councillors
Nara Electoral District (elected twice)

Biography

Date Curriculum Vitae
October 22, 1965 Born in Kashihara City, Nara Prefecture
  Graduated from Todaiji Gakuen Senior High School
1988 Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo
1988 Joined the Ministry of Home Affairs (now the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)
1994 Consul, Consulate-General of Japan in San Francisco
1997 Deputy Director, Fire and Disaster Management Agency
2000 Director, Financial Affairs Division of Shizuoka Prefecture
  Planning Director for Local Public Finance, Local Public Finance Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
2005 Executive Secretary to the Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
2007 Director General, General Affairs Department, Okayama Prefecture
2010 Director, Remuneration and Productivity Office, Local Administration Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
July 2013 Elected to the House of Councillors for the first time (23rd Election)
  Member, Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, House of Councillors
Director, Committee on Budget, House of Councillors
Senior Director, Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense, House of Councillors
Member, Special Committee on Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake, House of Councillors
Director, Special Committee on Official Development Assistance and Related Matters, House of Councillors
Deputy Secretary-General, Liberal Democratic Party
Deputy Chairperson, Liberal Democratic Party Diet Affairs Committee in the House of Councillors
Deputy Director, Women's Affairs Division, Liberal Democratic Party
August 2017 Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (3rd Abe Cabinet [3rd Reshuffled])
November 2017 Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (4th Abe Cabinet)
July 2019 Elected to the House of Councillors (25th Election)
  Director, Commission on the Constitution, House of Councillors
Director, Board of Oversight and Review of Specially Designated Secrets, House of Councillors
Deputy Secretary-General, Liberal Democratic Party
Director, Foreign Affairs Division, Liberal Democratic Party
September 2023 State Minister for Foreign Affairs (2nd Kishida Cabinet [2nd Reshuffled])
Hobbies:
Traveling and eating local gourmet foods
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