State Secretary for Internal Affairs and Communications

Mr. Masahiko SHIBAYAMA
Date of Birth: December 5, 1965
Place of Birth: Aichi, Japan
[Education]
- Mar. 1990:
- Graduated from Faculty of Law, the University of Tokyo
[Career]
- Apr. 1990
- Joined Sumitomo Realty & Development Co., Ltd.
- Oct. 1991
- Resigned from Sumitomo Realty & Development Co., Ltd.
- Oct. 2000
- Registered as a Lawyer (Tokyo Bar Association)
- Apr. 2004
- Elected for the first time as member of the House of Representatives (HR)
- Sep. 2005
- Elected to the HR (Second term)
- Aug. 2008
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (Fukuda reshuffled Cabinet)
- Sep. 2008
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (Aso Cabinet)
- Aug. 2009
- Elected to the HR (3rd term)
- Dec. 2012
- Elected to the HR (4th term)
- Dec. 2012
- (Present)