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橋本 岳
はしもと がく
HASHIMOTO Gaku
衆議院議員Member of the House of Representatives
自民党衆議院· House of Representatives岡山4· Okayama 4th District自由民主党・無所属の会· Liberal Democratic Party and Association of Independents6 terms
Born 1974-02-05 · 岡山県総社市 (Soja City, Okayama Prefecture)
Policy issues
Career & history
Government Posts
- Appointed as State Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in the Second Reshuffled Fourth Abe Cabinet on September 13, 2019
- Appointed as State Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in the Second Reshuffled Third Abe Cabinet on August 5, 2016
- Reappointed as Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in the Third Abe Cabinet in December 2014
- Appointed as Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in the Reshuffled Second Abe Cabinet on September 4, 2014
Party Posts
- Appointed as Deputy Director-General of the Organizations and Public Relations Headquarters of the Liberal Democratic Party in October 2018
- Appointed as Director of the Health, Labour and Welfare Division of the Liberal Democratic Party on August 22, 2017
- Appointed as Director of the Foreign Affairs Division of the Liberal Democratic Party on October 23, 2015
- Appointed as Chairman of the Okayama Prefecture Federation of the Liberal Democratic Party on June 7, 2015
- Appointed as Deputy Chairman of the Internal Affairs and Communications Division, Chairman of Information and Communications Related Organizations, and Vice Chairman of the Diet Affairs Committee of the Liberal Democratic Party in October 2013
- Appointed as Vice Chairman of the Internal Affairs and Communications Division and the Health, Labour and Welfare Division of the Liberal Democratic Party in January 2013
- Appointed as Branch Manager of the Okayama 4th District Branch of the Liberal Democratic Party on January 22, 2010
- Appointed as Vice Chairman of the Health-related Organizations Committee of the Liberal Democratic Party in December 2005
Committee Chairs
- Appointed as Director of the Committee on Budget of the House of Representatives on January 23, 2024
- Appointed as Chief Director of the Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare of the House of Representatives on October 20, 2023
- Appointed as Chairman of the Special Committee on Regional Revitalization, Children's Policies, and Digital Society Formation of the House of Representatives on January 23, 2023
- Appointed as Chairman of the Special Committee on Regional Revitalization of the House of Representatives on October 3, 2022
- Appointed as Chairman of the Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare of the House of Representatives on November 11, 2021
- Appointed as Director of the Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare of the House of Representatives in September 2017
- Appointed as Director of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives on February 2, 2016
- Appointed as Director of the Committee on Internal Affairs and Communications of the House of Representatives in February 2013
Professional Career
- Appointed as Specially Appointed Professor at the Faculty of Health and Welfare Management, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare on January 1, 2025
- Appointed as Guest Professor at Shizuoka University in April 2006
- Resigned from Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc. in August 2005
- Appointed as Guest Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Informatics, Shizuoka University in April 2004
- Joined Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc. as a researcher in April 1998
Education
- Completed the Master's program at the Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University in March 1998
- Graduated from the Faculty of Environmental Information, Keio University in March 1996
Publications
- Co-authored 'Nihon Miraizu 2030', published by Nikkei BP in December 2014
- Published 'Four Weeks on the Diamond Princess Facing COVID-19' from the Japan Public Health Association
Awards
- Awarded the Order of the Star of Italy, Commendatore
Other
- Elected to the House of Representatives from Okayama 4th District in the 51st general election on February 8, 2026 (6th term)
- Lost his seat in the 50th general election for the House of Representatives on October 27, 2024
- Elected to the House of Representatives from Okayama 4th District in the 49th general election on October 31, 2021 (5th term)
- Elected to the House of Representatives from Okayama 4th District in the 48th general election on October 22, 2017 (4th term)
- Elected to the House of Representatives from Okayama 4th District in the 47th general election on December 14, 2014 (3rd term)
- Elected to the House of Representatives from Okayama 4th District in the 46th general election on December 16, 2012 (2nd term)
- Lost his seat in the 45th general election for the House of Representatives on August 30, 2009
- Elected for the first time to the House of Representatives in the Chugoku proportional representation block in the 44th general election on September 11, 2005
- Born in Soja City, Okayama Prefecture on February 5, 1974
Elections
Committee memberships
Offices
Diet Office
- Room
- 303
衆議院第二議員会館
衆議院第二議員会館
自由民主党岡山県第四選挙区支部
- Phone
- 086-422-8410
- Fax
- 086-425-1823
岡山県倉敷市吉岡552
552 Yoshioka, Kurashiki-shi, Okayama