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TAIRA Masaaki

Minister for Digital Transformation

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TAIRA Masaaki

Minister for Digital Transformation

  • Minister in Charge of Digital Administrative and Fiscal Reform
  • Minister in charge of Administrative Reform
  • Minister in charge of the National Civil Service System
  • Minister in charge of Cybersecurity
  • Minister of State for Regulatory Reform
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Tokyo

Career

March 1989
Graduated from the School of Law at Waseda University
November 1996
3rd president of a fruit and vegetable middle wholesale company (family business) in the Ota Wholesale Market
January 2003
President, Junior Chamber International Tokyo
August 2005
Elected for the first time in the Tokyo 4th District in the 44th General Election of the House of Representatives (HR) (thereafter elected consecutively for 6 terms)
December 2012
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry; and Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office (2nd Abe Cabinet)
September 2014
State Minister of Cabinet Office (Regional Revitalization, National Strategic Special Zones, Cool Japan Strategy) (2nd Abe Cabinet (reshuffled))
September 2016
Chair of HR Standing Committee on Environment (192nd Diet)
September 2019
State Minister of Cabinet Office (Disaster Management, Administrative Reform, IT Policy, Space Policy) (4th Abe Cabinet (reshuffled))
January 2024
Chair, HR Special Committee for Investigation of Nuclear Power Issues (213th Diet)
October 2024
Minister for Digital Transformation, Minister in charge of Administrative Reform, Minister in charge of Civil Service Reform, Minister of State for Cyber Security, Minister of State for Special Missions Cabinet Office (regulatory reform) (Ishiba Cabinet)
November 2024
Minister for Digital Transformation, Minister in Charge of Digital Administrative and Fiscal Reform, Minister in charge of Administrative Reform, Minister in charge of the National Civil Service System, Minister in charge of Cybersecurity, Minister of State for Regulatory Reform (2nd Ishiba Cabinet)