Yoshimasa Hayashi
Yoshimasa Hayashi | |
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林 芳正 | |
 Hayashi in 2021 | |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
| Assumed office 10 November 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Fumio Kishida |
| Preceded by | Toshimitsu Motegi Fumio Kishida (acting) |
| Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology | |
| In office 3 August 2017 – 2 October 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
| Preceded by | Hirokazu Matsuno |
| Succeeded by | Masahiko Shibayama |
| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | |
| In office 23 February 2015 – 7 October 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
| Preceded by | Koya Nishikawa |
| Succeeded by | Hiroshi Moriyama |
| In office 26 December 2012 – 3 September 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
| Preceded by | Akira Gunji |
| Succeeded by | Koya Nishikawa |
| Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy | |
| In office 2 July 2009 – 16 September 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Taro Aso |
| Preceded by | Kaoru Yosano |
| Succeeded by | Naoto Kan |
| Minister of Defense | |
| In office 2 August 2008 – 24 September 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Yasuo Fukuda |
| Preceded by | Shigeru Ishiba |
| Succeeded by | Yasukazu Hamada |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 January 1961 Shimonoseki, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Parent(s) | Yoshiro Hayashi |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo John F. Kennedy School of Government |
Yoshimasa Hayashi (林 芳正, Hayashi Yoshimasa, born 19 January 1961) is a Japanese politician who currently serves as Minister for Foreign Affairs since November 2021. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he also serves in the House of Representatives for the Yamaguchi 3rd district since 2021.
Biography[edit]
A native of Shimonoseki, Hayashi is the son of late politician Yoshiro Hayashi.[1] He graduated from the University of Tokyo and studied at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. In the United States, he was a staffer for U.S. Representative Stephen L. Neal and U.S. Senator William V. Roth, Jr. He began his career with Mitsui & Co. Hayashi entered politics as a secretary to his father, Finance Minister Yoshiro Hayashi, in 1992. Around the same time, he was also the member of the policy staff for a US senator. Hayashi was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1995. He represents the fourth generation of politicians in his family and has concentrated on administrative and tax reform since taking office.[2] He is the great grandson of Akira Tawarada, the founder of Ube Industries in 1942.[3] This company made extensive use of American and Allied POW slave labor in three of their coal mines in Yamaguchi prefecture.[4]
Hayashi was appointed to the Cabinet for the first time as Minister of Defense on 1 August 2008.[5] He held this post for less than two months, however; in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Taro Aso, appointed on 24 September 2008, Hayashi was replaced by Yasukazu Hamada.[6]
After the LDP returned to power in the December 2012 general election Hayashi was appointed Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.[7][8]
On 6 November 2021, his appointment as the Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Second Kishida Cabinet was announced.[9]
He likes karaoke and golf. He plays the guitar and keyboard with LDP colleagues in a band called Gi!nz.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Y. Hayashi to replace Yosano as economic and fiscal policy minister". Japan Policy & Politics. Tokyo. 6 July 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ^ a b Japan Times, "Fukuda's new lineup", 3 August 2008.
- ^ https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BF%B5%E7%94%B0%E6%98%8E
- ^ http://www.powresearch.jp/en/archive/camplist/index.html
- ^ "Fukuda overhauls Cabinet / LDP executive shakeup also elevates Aso to party No. 2", The Yomiuri Shimbun, 2 August 2008.
- ^ "Aso elected premier / Announces Cabinet lineup himself; poll likely on Nov. 2", The Yomiuri Shimbun, 25 September 2008.
- ^ Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Yoshimasa HAYASHI Retrieved 28 November 2013
- ^ Nationalism takes back seat to the economy Japan Times, 27 December 2012.
- ^ "Japan PM Kishida to tap ex-education minister Hayashi as foreign minister". The Mainichi. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
External links[edit]
- Official website in Japanese.
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