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November 12, 2021
(photo) Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs MIYAKE Shingo

Mr. MIYAKE Shingo

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

Biography

Date Curriculum Vitae
November 24, 1961 Born in Kagawa Prefecture
March 1986 Graduated from Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University
1989-1990 Studied at Columbia University (USA)
1995 Graduated from Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, University of Tokyo
2003 Senior Staff Writer, Nikkei, Inc.
2012 Resigned from Nikkei, Inc.
2013 Elected to the House of Councillors for the first time (23rd Election)
2014 Director, Committee on Judicial Affairs, House of Councillors
2016 Director, Committee on Financial Affairs, House of Councillors
Director, Special Committee on Official Development Assistance and Related Matters, House of Councillors
2017 Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense, House of Councillors
2018 Director, Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense, House of Councillors
2018-2019 Acting Director, Foreign Affairs Division, Liberal Democratic Party
2019 Reelected to the House of Councillors (24th Election, second term)
2019-2020 Director, Committee on Budget, House of Councillors
2020 Chief Director, Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense, House of Councillors
2020-2021 Acting Director, Foreign Affairs Division, Liberal Democratic Party
October 2021 Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (Kishida Cabinet)
November 2021 Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (Second Kishida Cabinet)
Family:
Wife and three children
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