Curriculum Vitae

Present Title

Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications


MATSUMOTO Takeaki
Date of Birth: April 25, 1959, born in Tokyo
Constituency: Hyogo 11th District, elected 8 times

[Brief personal history]
Mar. 1982
Graduated from the School of Law, University of Tokyo
Apr. 1982
Joined the former Industrial Bank of Japan, Ltd.
Aug. 1989
Special Assistant to the Minister of Defense Agency, Mr. Juro Matsumoto
June 2000
Elected to the House of Representatives for the first time (42nd General Election)
Sept. 2005
Chair of the Policy Research Committee of the former Democratic Party of Japan
Sept. 2009
Chair of the House Steering Committee, House of Representatives
Mar. 2011
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Sept. 2017
Joined the Liberal Democratic Party
Oct. 2018
Acting Chair of the Policy Research Council of the Liberal Democratic Party
Oct. 2019
Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives
Oct. 2021
Elected to the 49th House of Representatives (8 terms)
Nov. 2022
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
Oct. 2023
Chair of the Research Commission on Market Competitiveness Policy of the Liberal Democratic Party
Dec. 2023
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications