Mr. Kajiyama is a graduate of Nihon
University’s College of Law. He was born on October 18th, 1955 in
Hitachiota City, Ibaraki, Japan.
Mr.
Kajiyama Hiroshi was appointed Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
(METI) on October 25, 2019.
Mr.
Kajiyama also assumed the ministerial roles of Minister in charge of Industrial
Competitiveness, Minister for Economic Cooperation with Russia, Minister in
charge of the Response to the Economic Impact caused by the Nuclear Accident,
and Minister of State for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning
Facilitation Corporation.
Immediately prior to his current
assignments, Mr. Kajiyama served as the Senior Director for the Committee on
Economy, Trade and Industry at the House of Representatives, the Lower House of
Japan’s National Diet.
Mr. Kajiyama’s previous ministerial
experience includes serving two terms as the Minister of State for Regional
Revitalization and Regulatory Reform, and Minister in charge of Regional
Revitalization, Administrative Reform and Civil Service Reform. In 2012, he was
appointed State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
Previously, Mr. Kajiyama held key
parliamentary roles in Japan’s House of Representatives as Chairman of the
Special Committee on Disasters, Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport
and Tourism and as the Senior Director for the Committee on Economy, Trade and
Industry.
Mr. Kajiyama has served as an elected
official in Japan’s House of Representatives since 2000, successfully winning
re-election 6 times. He currently represents Ibaraki’s 4th district.
Prior to seeking public office, Mr.
Kajiyama served as President of a company he had founded. Mr. Kajiyama started
his professional career in 1979 when he joined the Power Reactor and Nuclear
Fuel Development Corporation, currently known as the Japan Atomic Energy
Agency.
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