Ministers
Profile of State Minister for Foreign Affairs Masahisa SATO
July 31, 2019
Mr. Masahisa SATO
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
Member of the House of Councilors
Proportional Representation (elected three times)
Colonel(Ret.)
| Date | Curriculum Vitae |
|---|---|
| 1960 | Born in Fukushima Prefecture |
| Graduated from Sabara Elementary School, Seishin Junior High School and Fukushima High School | |
| 1983 | Graduated from the National Defense Academy of Japan (27th intake, Department of Applied Physics) |
| 1984 | Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) Fourth Infantry Regiment (Obihiro) |
| 1992 | Asian Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 1994 | Company Commander, JGSDF Fifth Infantry Regiment (Aomori ) |
| 1996 | Commanding officer, 1st Japanese Contingent, United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), Golan Heights, Syria |
| 1998 | Graduated from U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (Kansas, USA) |
| 2001 | Plans, Operations & Training Department North Eastern Army (Sendai) |
| 2004 | Commander, JGSDF Advance Team for Iraq Commander, 1st Iraqi Reconstruction Support Unit, Al Samawah, Iraq Commander, Seventh Infantry Regiment Commander, JGSDF Fukuchiyama Camp |
| July 2007 | Elected to the House of Councillors for the first time (21st Election) |
| 2012 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense (2nd Abe Cabinet) |
| July 2013 | Reelected to the House of Councillors (23rd Election)(second term) |
| 2016 | Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense of the House of Councillors Chief Deputy Secretary-General for the LDP in the House of Councillors |
| August 2017 | State Minister for Foreign Affairs (3rd Abe Cabinet (3rd Reshuffled)) |
| November 2017 | State Minister for Foreign Affairs (4th Abe Cabinet) |
| October 2018 | State Minister for Foreign Affairs (4th Abe Cabinet (Reshuffled)) |
| July 2019 | Reelected to the House of Councillors (25th Election)(third term) |