KiyotoTsuji

Kiyoto Tsuji

Minister for Foreign Affairs

Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
Member of the House of Representatives
Tokyo 2nd Electoral District (elected four times)

September 7, 1979Born in Tokyo
1997Graduated from St. George's School (Canada)
2003Graduated from the University of Kyoto, B.A. Economics
April 2003Joined Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd
2007Graduated from the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University (Master of International Affairs)
June 2007Research Associate, Office of the Japan Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies (USA)
July 2012Leader, Branch of the Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo 2nd Electoral District
December 2012Elected to the House of Representatives for the first time (46th General Election)
December 2014Reelected to the House of Representatives (47th General Election, second term)
October 2017Reelected to the House of Representatives (48th General Election, third term)
October 2018Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (4th Abe Cabinet [Reshuffled])
October 2020Campaign Director, Liberal Democratic Party
October 2021Reelected to the House of Representatives (49th General Election, fourth term)
November 2021Deputy Secretary-General, Liberal Democratic Party
September 2022Deputy Chairperson, Diet Affairs Committee, Liberal Democratic Party
September 2023State Minister for Foreign Affairs (2nd Kishida Cabinet [2nd Reshuffled])

Family: Wife and two children (a son and a daughter)