Takayuki Kobayashi Explained

Takayuki Kobayashi
Birth Name:Takayuki Kobayashi
Birth Date:29 November 1974
Birth Place:Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan
Party:LDP (2010–present)
Children:1
Alma Mater:University of Tokyo
Occupation:LawyerPolitician
Office1:Minister of State for Economic Security
Predecessor1:Office established
Education:Kaisei Academy
Office2:Member of the House of Representatives
Constituency2:Chiba 2nd district
Termstart2:16 December 2012
Termend1:10 August 2022
Primeminister1:Fumio Kishida
Successor1:Sanae Takaichi
Termstart1:4 October 2021

Takayuki Kobayashi (小林 鷹之, Kobayashi Takayuki; born 29 November 1974) is a Japanese politician who served in the Kishida Cabinet as Minister for Economic Security from 2021 to 2022.

Life and career

Kobayashi was born in Ichikawa, Chiba and educated at Kaisei Academy. He attended the University of Tokyo and got bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Law in 1999. While at the University of Tokyo, he was captain of the Rowing Club. He received a M.P.P. degree from the Harvard Kennedy School in 2001.

He joined the Ministry of Finance in 1999 and worked in the Financial Bureau, whose main task was to manage government bonds, fiscal investment and loans, and state property. Keizo Hamada, the governor of Kagawa Prefecture, was Kobayashi's boss at the Bureau.

From 2007 to 2010, he worked as a diplomat at the Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C.

Political career

Election

In June 2010, he became the head of the Chiba Prefecture Second Constituency branch of the Liberal Democratic Party, and in December 2012, he was first elected to the House of Representatives in the 46th General Election for the House of Representatives, running for the Chiba Second Constituency on the Liberal Democratic Party's official ticket and the New Komeito Party's nomination.

Abe Cabinet

On 5 August 2016, he was appointed Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Defence in Abe Cabinet, and stepped down on 3 August 2017.

He was elected to the House of Representatives in the 48th general election in 2017.

Kishida Cabinet

In the 2021 LDP leadership election, he endorsed Sanae Takaichi. In the run-off election, he supported Fumio Kishida. He was appointed to the Kishida Cabinet as Minister of State for Economic security on 4 October 2021.[1] [2] Kobayashi left cabinet due to a reshuffle in August 2022.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021-10-03. Kishida taps Takayuki Kobayashi for new economic security post as Cabinet takes shape. 2021-10-04. The Japan Times. en-US.
  2. Web site: 27 October 2021 . Matthew P. Goodman . Economic Security: A Shared U.S.-Japan Priority . . 13 May 2022 .
  3. News: 高市氏、経済安保相就任「つらい思い」 前任者の留任要望 . The Nikkei . 15 August 2022 . Japanese . 15 August 2024.