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上川 陽子
かみかわ ようこ
KAMIKAWA Yoko
地域活性化・こども政策・デジタル社会形成に関する特別委員会 理事 · 地域活性化・こども政策・デジタル社会形成に関する特別委員会Director of Special Committee on Regional Revitalization, Policies on Children, and Digital Society Promotion
自民党衆議院· House of Representatives静岡1· Shizuoka 1st District自由民主党・無所属の会· Liberal Democratic Party and Association of Independents9 terms
Born 1953-03-01 · 静岡県静岡市 (Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture)
Policy issues
Current positions
Party Positions
- 党紀委員会 委員Member of the Party Discipline Committee
Career & history
Government Posts
- Appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Second Kishida Second Reshuffled Cabinet in September 2023
- Appointed Minister of Justice in the Suga Cabinet in September 2020
- Appointed Minister of Justice in the Third Abe Third Reshuffled Cabinet in August 2017
- Appointed Minister of Justice in the Second Abe Reshuffled Cabinet in October 2014
- Appointed State Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications in the Second Abe Cabinet in September 2013
- Appointed as the first Minister in charge of Public Records Management in February 2008
- Appointed Minister of State for Special Missions (Declining Birthrate, Gender Equality, etc.) in August 2007
- Appointed Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications in the Third Koizumi Reshuffled Cabinet in November 2005
Party Posts
- Appointed Executive Acting Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party in November 2021
- Appointed Chairperson of the Headquarters for Promoting Dynamic Engagement of All Citizens of the LDP in October 2018
- Appointed Chairperson of the Judicial System Research Council of the LDP in January 2016
- Appointed Secretary-General of the Headquarters for the Promotion of Revision to the Constitution of the LDP in December 2015
- Appointed Vice-Chair of the Policy Research Council of the Liberal Democratic Party in November 2006
- Appointed Director of the Women's Affairs Division of the Liberal Democratic Party in November 2004
Committee Chairs
- Appointed Chairperson of the Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare of the House of Representatives in September 2014
Professional Career
- Established a policy consulting firm in December 1988
- Served as a policy staff member for U.S. Senator Max Baucus of the Democratic Party
- Joined Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc. as a researcher in April 1977
Education
- Completed a Master in Public Administration at the Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government in June 1988
- Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Liberal Arts (majoring in International Relations) in March 1977
Awards
- Awarded the '2025 Trailblazer Award' by Georgetown University on January 16, 2025
Other
- Elected for the 8th term to the House of Representatives in the 50th general election (Shizuoka 1st district) in October 2024
- Elected to the House of Representatives in the 49th general election (Shizuoka 1st district) in October 2021
- Elected to the House of Representatives in the 48th general election (Shizuoka 1st district) in October 2017
- Elected to the House of Representatives in the 47th general election (Shizuoka 1st district) in December 2014
- Elected to the House of Representatives in the 46th general election (Shizuoka 1st district) in December 2012
- Elected to the House of Representatives in the 44th general election (Shizuoka 1st district) in September 2005
- Elected to the House of Representatives in the 43rd general election (proportional representation block) in November 2003
- Elected for the first time to the House of Representatives in the 42nd general election (Shizuoka 1st district) in June 2000
- Born on March 1, 1953, in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Elections
Committee memberships
Offices
Diet Office
- Room
- 305
- Phone
- 03-3508-7460
- Fax
- 03-3508-3290
衆議院第二議員会館
衆議院第二議員会館
上川陽子事務所
- Phone
- 054-251-8424
- Fax
- 054-251-8425
静岡県静岡市葵区七間町18-10
18-10 Shichikenmachi, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka