Daisaku Hiraki | |
Office: | Member of the House of Councillors |
Native Name: | 平木大作 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Country: | Japan |
Election Date: | July 28, 2013 |
Termstart: | July 29, 2013 |
Party: | Komeito |
Citizenship: | Japan |
Alma Mater: | University of Tokyo IESE, University of Navarra |
is a Japanese politician. He is a member of the House of Councillors since 2013, representing the Komeito party.
He was born in Nagano and graduated from the law department of the University of Tokyo in 1998. He worked for Citibank for eight years after graduation, becoming a vice president in its legal department, then left the company to obtain an MBA from IESE Business School in Spain. In 2008, he joined Booz and Company as a management consultant.[1]
He first ran for office in the 2013 House of Councillors election as a Komeito candidate for the national proportional representation district.
In August 2017, he was named Parliamentary Vice-Secretary for Economy, Trade and Industry, overseeing the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.[2] He concurrently serves as Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office and Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction.[3]