Toshimitsu Motegi

Toshimitsu Motegi
茂木 敏充
Motegi in 2024
Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party
In office
4 November 2021 – 30 September 2024
PresidentFumio Kishida
Vice PresidentTarō Asō
Preceded byAkira Amari
Succeeded byHiroshi Moriyama
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
11 September 2019 – 4 November 2021
Prime Minister
Preceded byTarō Kōno
Succeeded byYoshimasa Hayashi
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
In office
3 August 2017 – 11 September 2019
Prime MinisterShinzo Abe
Preceded byNobuteru Ishihara
Succeeded byYasutoshi Nishimura
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
In office
26 December 2012 – 3 September 2014
Prime MinisterShinzo Abe
Preceded byYukio Edano
Succeeded byYūko Obuchi
Member of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
19 July 1993
ConstituencyTochigi 1st district
Personal details
Born (1955-10-07) 7 October 1955 (age 69)
Ashikaga, Tochigi, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party (1994–present)
Other political
affiliations
Japan New Party (1993–1994)
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo
Harvard University
WebsiteOfficial website

Toshimitsu Motegi (茂木 敏充, Motegi Toshimitsu, born 7 October 1955) is a Japanese politician who served as the Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party from 2021 to 2024. He has previously served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2019 to 2021, and as Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry from 2012 to 2014. He is serving in the House of Representatives as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He leads the Heisei Kenkyūkai faction within the LDP.[1]

  1. ^ Bosack, Michael. "The Evolution of LDP Factions - Tokyo Review". Retrieved 10 September 2022.