Yoshimasa Hayashi | |
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林 芳正 | |
 Official portrait, 2023 | |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary | |
| Assumed office 14 December 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Fumio Kishida |
| Preceded by | Hirokazu Matsuno |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 10 November 2021 – 13 September 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Fumio Kishida |
| Preceded by | Toshimitsu Motegi Fumio Kishida (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Yoko Kamikawa |
| Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology | |
| In office 3 August 2017 – 2 October 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
| Preceded by | Hirokazu Matsuno |
| Succeeded by | Hiroshi Moriyama |
| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | |
| In office 23 February 2015 – 7 October 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
| Preceded by | Koya Nishikawa |
| In office 26 December 2012 – 3 September 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
| Preceded by | Akira Gunji |
| Succeeded by | Koya Nishikawa |
| Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy | |
| In office 2 July 2009 – 16 September 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Taro Aso |
| Preceded by | Kaoru Yosano |
| Succeeded by | Naoto Kan |
| Minister of Defense | |
| In office 2 August 2008 – 24 September 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Yasuo Fukuda |
| Preceded by | Shigeru Ishiba |
| Succeeded by | Yasukazu Hamada |
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| Assumed office 3 November 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Takeo Kawamura |
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| In office 24 July 1995 – 16 August 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Ken'ichi Yamada |
| Succeeded by | Tsuneo Kitamura |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 January 1961 Shimonoseki, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Spouse | Yuko Hayashi |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Yoshiro Hayashi (father) Mariko Hayashi (mother) |
| Relatives | Reiko Hayashi (sister) Keisuke Hayashi (paternal grandfather) Heishiro Hayashi (great-great-grandfather) Katsusada Hirose (uncle-in-law) |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo (LLB) Harvard Kennedy School (MPA) |
| Website | Official website |
Yoshimasa Hayashi (林 芳正, Hayashi Yoshimasa, born 19 January 1961) is a Japanese politician who is the Chief Cabinet Secretary since December 2023. Hayashi also served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs from November 2021 to September 2023. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he also serves in the House of Representatives for the Yamaguchi 3rd district since 2021.