Fumio Kishida
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
Member of the House of Representatives
Hiroshima Prefecture, 1st Electoral District (elected seven times)
Born on July 29, 1957
| 1982 | Graduated from the School of Law, Waseda University Joined Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, Ltd. |
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| 1987 | Secretary to a member of the House of Representatives |
| 1993 | Elected to the House of Representatives for the first time (40th General Election) (Elected seven times as of present) |
| 1999 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Construction (2nd Obuchi Cabinet) |
| 2000 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Construction (Mori Cabinet) |
| 2001 | Parliamentary Senior Vice-Minister for Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Koizumi Cabinet) |
| 2005 | Chairman of the Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare of the House of Representatives |
| 2007 | Minister of State for Special Missions (1st Abe Cabinet) (Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs, Quality-of-Life Policy, "Challenge Again" Initiative, Science and Technology Policy, and Regulatory Reform) Minister of State for Special Missions (Fukuda Cabinet) (Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs, Science and Technology Policy, Quality-of-Life Policy and Regulatory Reform) |
| 2008 | Minister for Consumer Affairs (Fukuda Cabinet) Minister for Space Policy (Fukuda Cabinet) |
| 2011 | Chairman of the LDP’s Diet Affairs Committee |
| Dec. 2012 | Minister for Foreign Affairs (2nd Abe Cabinet) |
