Ryū Shionoya | |
Native Name: | 塩谷 立 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Office: | Head of the Liberal Democratic Party Election Strategy Headquarters |
Term Start: | 3 August 2017 |
Term End: | 2 October 2018 |
President: | Shinzo Abe |
Predecessor: | Keiji Furuya |
Successor: | Akira Amari |
Office2: | Chairperson of the Liberal Democratic Party General Council |
Term Start2: | 30 September 2011 |
Term End2: | 28 September 2012 |
President2: | Sadakazu Tanigaki |
Predecessor2: | Yuriko Koike |
Successor2: | Hiroyuki Hosoda |
Office3: | Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
Term Start3: | 24 September 2008 |
Term End3: | 16 September 2009 |
Primeminister3: | Taro Aso |
Predecessor3: | Tsuneo Suzuki |
Successor3: | Tatsuo Kawabata |
Office4: | Member of the House of Representatives |
Term Start4: | 10 November 2003 |
Constituency4: | Shizuoka 8th district Tōkai PR block |
Term Start5: | 11 April 1999 |
Term End5: | 2 June 2000 |
Constituency5: | Shizuoka 8th district |
Term Start6: | 19 February 1990 |
Term End6: | 27 September 1996 |
Constituency6: | Shizuoka 3rd district |
Birth Date: | 18 February 1950 |
Birth Place: | Fukuroi, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan |
Alma Mater: | Keio University |
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) and the former Minister of Education, Science and Technology.[1] He is currently serving as the chairperson of the LDP Election Strategy Committee, as well as the chairperson of Artificial Intelligence and Future Socioeconomic Strategy Headquarters [2] [3] and the president of the Japan-Mekong Parliamentary Friendship Association.[4]
A native of Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture and graduate of Ambassador College and Keio University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990. After losing the seat in 1996, he was re-elected in 1999 but lost the seat again in 2000. He was once again re-elected in 2003.
In the Cabinet of Prime Minister Tarō Asō, Shionoya was appointed on 24 September 2008 as Minister of Education, Science and Technology. This was Shionoya's first Cabinet post.[5]
He serves as Secretary General of the Japan Scout Parliamentary Association and Honorary President of the World Scout Parliamentary Union.