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Toshimitsu Motegi

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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
Shigeru Ishiba
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. He was the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 11 September 2019 until 4 November 2021.[1] He was Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry from 2012 to 2014. He is also a member of the House of Representatives since 1993. From 2021 to 2024, Motegi was the Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party.

In September 2024, Motegi announced his candidacy for the Liberal Democratic leadership election to replace Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.[2] He lost the election to former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba on 27 September 2024.[3]

References

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  1. Bosack, Michael MacArthur (2020-09-16). "Breaking down Suga's picks for his first Cabinet". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 2020-09-18. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  2. "Motegi follows his open ambition to seek top LDP post". Asahi Shimbun. 2024-09-04. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  3. "【速報中】自民党新総裁に石破氏 決選投票で高市氏破る". 日本経済新聞 (in Japanese). 2024-09-27. Retrieved 2024-09-27.