Ministers
Profile of State Minister for Foreign Affairs Nobuo KISHI
August 24, 2016
Mr. Nobuo KISHI
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
Member of the House of Representatives
Yamaguchi Prefecture 2nd Electoral District (elected twice)
(Elected twice to the House of Councillors)
| Date | Curriculum Vitae |
|---|---|
| April 1, 1959 | Born |
| March 1981 | Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Keio University |
| April 1981 | Joined Sumitomo Corporation |
| August 2002 | Resigned from Sumitomo Corporation |
| July 2004 | Elected to the House of Councillors for the first time (20th Election) |
| October 2004 | Deputy Director of the Public Relations Headquarters of the LDP, Deputy Director of the Youth Division of the LDP, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Organizations Involved with Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of the LDP, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Organizations Involved with Non-Profit Organizations (NPO) and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) of the LDP |
| February 2006 | Director of the Research Committee on International Affairs of the House of Councillors |
| October 2006 | Deputy Chairman of the LDP Diet Affairs Committee in the House of Councillors |
| November 2006 | Director of the Special Committee on the Fundamental Law of Education of the House of Councillors |
| October 2007 | Deputy Director of the Agriculture and Forestry Division of the LDP, Deputy Director of the Foreign Affairs Division of the LDP, Director of the Committee on Oversight of Administration of the House of Councillors |
| August 2008 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense (Fukuda Cabinet) |
| September 2008 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense (Aso Cabinet) |
| July 2010 | Elected to the House of Councillors (22nd Election, second term) |
| October 2011 | Chairman of the Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems of the House of Councillors, Director of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense of the House of Councillors |
| December 2012 | Elected to the House of Representatives for the first time (46th General Election) Director of the Foreign Affairs Division of the LDP, Director of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, Director of the Commission on the Constitution of the House of Representatives |
| September 2013 | Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (2nd Abe Cabinet) |
| September 2014 | Deputy Chairman of Diet Affairs Committee of LDP Director of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the House of Representatives Chairman of Subcommittee on House Police and Order, the Committee on Rules and Administration of the House of Representatives Director of the Special Committee on Investigation of Nuclear Power Issues of the House of Representatives Director of Deliberative Council on Political Ethics of the House of Representatives |
| December 2014 | Elected to the House of Representatives (47th General Election, second term) |
| January 2015 | Deputy Chairman of Diet Affairs Committee of LDP Director of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the House of Representatives Chairman of Subcommittee on House Police and Order, the Committee on Rules and Administration of the House of Representatives |
| January 2016 | Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives Manager of Promotion Headquarters for the Development of Legislation for Peace and Security of LDP |
| August 2016 | State Minister for Foreign Affairs (3rd Abe Cabinet (2nd Reshuffled)) |