Yoshimasa Hayashi

Yoshimasa Hayashi
Yoshimasa Hayashi
林芳正
	Hayashi in 2015
Minister for Foreign Affairs
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 10 November 2021
Prime Minister	Fumio Kishida
Preceded by	Toshimitsu Motegi; Fumio Kishida (acting)
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	Masahiko Shibayama
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
	In office; 23 February 2015 – 7 October 2015
Prime Minister	Shinzō Abe
Preceded by	Koya Nishikawa
Succeeded by	Hiroshi Moriyama
	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
Personal details
Born	19 January 1961 (age 63); Shimonoseki, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party
Parents	Yoshiro Hayashi
Alma mater	University of Tokyo ; John F. Kennedy School of Government

Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value). is a Japanese politician. He is the Minister for Foreign Affairs since November 2021.^[1] He is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He is also in the House of Representatives for the Yamaguchi 3rd district since 2021.

Yoshimasa Hayashi Media

Hayashi with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne, and Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in February 2022