Iwao Horii
State Minister for Foreign Affairs
October 22, 1965 Born in Kashihara City, Nara Prefecture
Graduated from Todaijigakuen Senior High School
| 1988 | Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo |
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| 1988 | Joined the Ministry of Home Affairs (now the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) |
| 1994 | Consul, Consulate-General of Japan in San Francisco |
| 1997 | Deputy Director, Fire and Disaster Management Agency |
| 2000 | Director, Financial Affairs Division of Shizuoka Prefecture Planning Director for Local Public Finance, Local Public Finance Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications |
| 2005 | Executive Secretary to the Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary |
| 2007 | Director General, General Affairs Department, Okayama Prefecture |
| 2010 | Director, Remuneration and Productivity Office, Local Administration Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications |
| July 2013 | Elected to the House of Councillors for the first time (23rd Election) Member, Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, House of Councillors Director, Committee on Budget, House of Councillors Senior Director, Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense, House of Councillors Member, Special Committee on Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake, House of Councillors Director, Special Committee on Official Development Assistance and Related Matters, House of Councillors Deputy Secretary-General, Liberal Democratic Party Deputy Chairperson, Liberal Democratic Party Diet Affairs Committee in the House of Councillors Deputy Director, Women's Affairs Division, Liberal Democratic Party |
| August 2017 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (3rd Abe Cabinet [3rd Reshuffled]) |
| November 2017 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (4th Abe Cabinet) |
| July 2019 | Elected to the House of Councillors (25th Election) Director, Commission on the Constitution, House of Councillors Director, Board of Information Oversight and Review, House of Councillors Deputy Secretary-General, Liberal Democratic Party Director, Foreign Affairs Division, Liberal Democratic Party |
| September 2023 | State Minister for Foreign Affairs (2nd Kishida Cabinet [2nd Reshuffled]) |
| July 2025 | Elected to the House of Councillors (27th Election) |
| October 2025 | State Minister for Foreign Affairs (Takaichi Cabinet) |