Yoshimasa Hayashi

Yoshimasa Hayashi
Yoshimasa Hayashi
林芳正
	Official portrait, 2023
Chief Cabinet Secretary
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 14 December 2023
Prime Minister	Fumio Kishida; Shigeru Ishiba
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
Member of the House of Representatives; for Yamaguchi's 3rd district;
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 3 November 2021
Preceded by	Takeo Kawamura
Member of the House of Councillors; for Yamaguchi's at-large district;
	In office; 24 July 1995 – 16 August 2021
Preceded by	Ken'ichi Yamada
Succeeded by	Tsuneo Kitamura
Personal details
Born	19 January 1961 (aged 64); Shimonoseki, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party
Spouse(s)	Yuko Hayashi
Children	2
Parents	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 University (MPA)
Website	Official website

Yoshimasa Hayashi (林芳正code: ja is deprecated , Hayashi Yoshimasa, born 19 January 1961) is a Japanese politician who has been the Chief Cabinet Secretary since 2023. He was the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2021 to 2024.^[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.

In August 2024, Hayashi 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]

Yoshimasa Hayashi Media

Hayashi in St. Gallen in Switzerland in 2011
Hayashi as Minister of Agriculture in 2012
Hayashi with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in November 2022

References

↑ "Japan PM Kishida to tap ex-education minister Hayashi as foreign minister". The Mainichi. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
↑ (in ja) 林官房長官２７日にも総裁選出馬表明で調整. 沖縄タイムス. 2024-08-20. https://www.okinawatimes.co.jp/articles/-/1419023. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
↑ "【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 日本語). 2024-09-27. Retrieved 2024-09-27.

[1] "Japan PM Kishida to tap ex-education minister Hayashi as foreign minister". The Mainichi. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

[2] (in ja) 林官房長官２７日にも総裁選出馬表明で調整. 沖縄タイムス. 2024-08-20. https://www.okinawatimes.co.jp/articles/-/1419023. Retrieved 2024-08-20.

[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 日本語). 2024-09-27. Retrieved 2024-09-27.

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