Shin Tsuchida | |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Office: | Member of the House of Representatives |
Constituency: | Tokyo 13th |
Term Start: | 31 October 2021 |
Predecessor: | Ichirō Kamoshita |
Birth Date: | 30 October 1990 |
Birth Place: | Chigasaki, Kanagawa, Japan |
Party: | Liberal Democratic |
Alma Mater: | Kyoto University |
Shin Tsuchida (born 30 October 1990) is a Japanese politician from the Liberal Democratic Party who has represented Tokyo's 13th district in the House of Representatives since 2021.[1]
He is the first member of the National Diet who was born in the Heisei era along with Yuki Baba.
Tsuchida was born in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture. He studied economics at Kyoto University and joined Recruit Lifestyle (now Recruit) after graduating. After working as a secretary to a member of the House of Representatives, he served as secretary to the President of the House of Councillors, Akiko Santō, and as a public secretary.[2] [3]
Tsuchida ran for the House of Representatives in the 2021 election endorsed by the Liberal Democratic Party. He was elected to the Tokyo 13th district as the successor to Ichirō Kamoshita.
On 15 September 2023, he became Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Digital Affairs and Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office (in charge of administrative reform and regulatory reform) in the Second Kishida Cabinet.[4]
Tsuchida was re-elected in the 2024 election, defeating Yosuke Mori of the Democratic Party for the People (Mori was elected through proportional representation).[5] In November of the same year, he was appointed Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance in the Second Ishiba Cabinet.[6]