Takuya Hirai Explained

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.

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  1. Web site: Japan launches state agency to accelerate digitization . . 2021-09-01. 2021-09-01.