Ministers
Profile of State Minister for Foreign Affairs YAMADA Kenji
September 1, 2022

Mr. YAMADA Kenji
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
Member of the House of Representatives
Hyogo 7th Electoral District (elected four times)
Biography
Date | Curriculum Vitae |
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April 20, 1966 | Born |
1985 | Graduated from Northview High School in Indiana (USA) |
1986 | Graduated from Tennoji High School Attached to Osaka Kyoiku University |
1990 | Graduated from Faculty of Law, University of Kobe |
1990 | Joined Sumitomo Bank, Ltd. (currently Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation) |
1995 | Assigned to the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (currently the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) |
2006 | Joined SG Private Banking (Japan), Ltd. (currently SMBC Trust Bank Ltd.) Engaged in volunteer activities for children in Ashiya City and Nishinomiya City |
2010 | President, Kiwanis Club of Ashiya |
2011 | Leader, Branch of the Liberal Democratic Party in Hyogo 7th Electoral District |
December 2012 | Elected to the House of Representatives for the first time (46th General Election, Hyogo 7th Electoral District) |
December 2014 | Reelected to the House of Representatives (47th General Election, second term) |
October 2017 | Reelected to the House of Representatives (48th General Election, third term) |
October 2018 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (Reshuffled Forth Abe Cabinet) |
October 2021 | Deputy Chairperson, Diet Affairs Committee, Liberal Democratic Party |
October 2021 | Reelected to the House of Representatives (49th General Election, fourth term) |
August 2022 | State Minister for Foreign Affairs (Reshuffled Second Kishida Cabinet) |
- Family:
- Wife and two children
- Hobbies:
- Travel, cycling, ground golf