Yoshimasa Hayashi
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
Career
| January 19, 1961 | Born in Yamaguchi prefecture |
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| March 1979 | Graduated from Shimonoseki-Nishi High School |
| March 1984 | Graduated from Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo |
| April 1984 | Joined Mitsui &Co., Ltd. |
| June 1994 | Graduated from Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (Master in Public Administration) |
| July 1995 | Elected to the House of Councillors for the first time (17th General Election) (elected five times consecutively in the Yamaguchi Electoral District) |
| July 1997 | Deputy Secretary-General for the Liberal Democratic Party in the House of Councillors |
| October 1999 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance (Second Reshuffled Obuchi Cabinet) |
| January 2002 | Chief Secretary, Headquarters for Promoting Administrative Reform, Liberal Democratic Party |
| October 2004 | Chairperson, Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense, House of Councillors |
| September 2006 | State Minister of Cabinet Office (First Abe Cabinet) |
| August 2008 | Minister of Defense (Reshuffled Fukuda Cabinet) |
| July 2009 | Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy (Aso Cabinet) |
| October 2009 | Chairperson, Liberal Democratic Party Policy Board in the House of Councillors, Acting Chairperson, Policy Research Council, Liberal Democratic Party |
| February 2015 | Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Second Abe Cabinet) |
| October 2016 | Chairperson, Special Committee on Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement, House of Councillors |
| August 2017 | Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister in charge of Education Rebuilding (Third Reshuffled Third Abe Cabinet) |
| November 2017 | Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister in charge of Education Rebuilding (Forth Abe Cabinet) |
| October 2018 | Chairperson, Special Committee on IT Strategy, Liberal Democratic Party |
| October 2019 | Chairperson, Commission on the Constitution, House of Councillors Chairperson, Research Commission on Intellectual Property Strategy, Liberal Democratic Party Chairperson, Economic Growth Strategy Headquarters, Liberal Democratic Party Acting Chairperson of Subcommittee, Research Commission on the Tax System, Liberal Democratic Party |
| October 2021 | Elected to the House of Representatives for the first time (49th General Election) (Yamaguchi 3rd Electoral District) |
| November 2021 | Minister for Foreign Affairs (Second Kishida Cabinet) |
| August 2022 | Minister for Foreign Affairs (Reshuffled Second Kishida Cabinet) |
| September 2023 | Member of General Council, Liberal Democratic Party |
| October 2023 | Subcommittee Chairperson, Research Commission on the Tax System |
| December 2023 | Chief Cabinet Secretary Minister in charge of mitigating the burden of U.S. forces in Okinawa Minister in charge of the abduction issue (Second Kishida Cabinet (Second Reshuffle)) |
| October 2024 | Chief Cabinet Secretary Minister in charge of mitigating the burden of U.S. forces in Okinawa Minister in charge of the abduction issue (First Ishiba Cabinet) |
| November 2024 | Chief Cabinet Secretary Minister in charge of mitigating the burden of U.S. forces in Okinawa Minister in charge of the abduction issue (Second Ishiba Cabinet) |
| October 2025 | Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications (Takaichi Cabinet) |