Ministers
Profile of State Minister for Foreign Affairs Kentaro SONOURA
August 24, 2016
Mr. Kentaro SONOURA
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
Member of the House of Representatives
Chiba 5th Electoral District (elected three times)
| Date | Curriculum Vitae |
|---|---|
| June 3, 1972 | Born in Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture |
| March 1991 | Graduated from Takamatsu High School |
| March 1996 | Graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo |
| April 1996 | Joined The Yomiuri Shimbun |
| July 2003 | Resigned from The Yomiuri Shimbun |
| September 2005 | Elected to the House of Representatives for the first time (44th General Election) |
| October 2007 | Deputy Director of Youth Division of LDP |
| December 2012 | Elected to the House of Representatives (46th General Election, second term) |
| February 2013 | Director of Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives Director of Committee on Security of the House of Representatives Director of Special Committee on North Korean Abductions and Other Issues of the House of Representatives Deputy Chairman of Diet Affairs Committee of LDP Deputy Director of Youth Division of LDP Deputy Chief Secretary of Research Commission on Employment Issues of LDP Deputy Chief Secretary of Headquarters for the Revitalization of Education of LDP Deputy Chairman of Special Committee on Aviation Policy of LDP |
| November 2013 | Chief Secretary of Special Committee for Promotion of Women’s Vitality of LDP |
| September 2014 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (2nd Abe Reshuffled Cabinet) |
| December 2014 | Elected to the House of Representatives (47th General Election, third term) Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (3rd Abe Cabinet) |
| October 2015 | Director of the Committee on Budget of the House of Representatives Deputy Chairman of Diet Affairs Committee of LDP |
| December 2015 | Director of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the House of Representatives Deputy Chairman of Diet Affairs Committee of LDP |
| August 2016 | State Minister for Foreign Affairs (3rd Abe Cabinet (2nd Reshuffled)) |