Takuya Hirai | |
Birth Place: | Takamatsu city, Kagawa, Japan |
Birth Date: | 25 January 1958 |
Party: | LDP |
Otherparty: | NFP(1996 - 1997) Independent(1997 - 2000) |
Relatives: | Tarō Hirai Takushi Hirai |
Office1: | Digital Minister |
Termstart1: | 1 September 2021 |
Termend1: | 4 October 2021 |
Succeeded1: | Karen Makishima (as Minister for Digital) |
Predecessor1: | Office Established |
Primeminister1: | Yoshihide Suga |
Office2: | Member of the House of Representatives |
Termstart2: | 30 August 2009 - 16 November 2012 31 October 2021 |
Constituency2: | Shikoku PR block |
Term Start3: | 25 June 2000 - 21 July 2009 16 December 2012 |
Term End3: | 14 October 2021 |
Constituency3: | Kagawa 1st |
Predecessor3: | Takao Fujimoto |
Successor3: | Junya Ogawa |
Takuya Hirai is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Takamatsu, Kagawa and graduate of Sophia University he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000 as a member of the New Frontier Party after running unsuccessfully as an independent in 1996. He later joined LDP.
On September 1, 2021, he became the Digital Minister, who has jurisdiction over the Digital Agency.[1]
Prior to entering politics, he was the president of Nishinippon Broadcasting, which is owned by him and his family.