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MATSUMOTO Hisashi

Minister for Digital Transformation

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MATSUMOTO Hisashi

Minister for Digital Transformation

  • Minister in charge of Digital Administrative and Fiscal Reform
  • Minister in charge of Administrative Reform
  • Minister in charge of the National Civil Service System
  • Minister of State for Regulatory Reform
  • Minister in charge of Cybersecurity
  • Minister of State for Cybersecurity
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture

Career

Mar. 1981
Graduated from High School attached to the Department of Education, Kanazawa University
Mar. 1987
Graduated from the School of Medicine, Kanazawa University
May. 1987
Obtained Medical License (M.D.)
Jun. 1987
Medical Staff for 2nd Surgery at the Kanazawa University Hospital
Jun. 1994
Earned Doctor of Medicine (Ph.D.) from Kanazawa University
Apr. 2000
Joined Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Nippon Medical School
Oct. 2008
Associate Professor, Nippon Medical School
Apr. 2014
Professor, Nippon Medical School
Sep. 2017
Earned Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom
Jul. 2021
Specially Appointed Professor, Nippon Medical School
Oct. 2021
Elected to the House of Representatives for the first time (49th General Election)
Sep. 2023
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense (2nd Kishida Cabinet (2nd reshuffled))
Oct. 2024
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense (1st Ishiba Cabinet)
Oct. 2024
Re-elected to the House of Representatives (50th General Election)
Nov. 2024
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (2nd Ishiba Cabinet)
Oct. 2025
Minister for Digital Transformation, Minister in charge of Digital Administrative and Fiscal Reform, Minister in charge of Administrative Reform, Minister in charge of the National Civil Service System, Minister of State for Regulatory Reform, Minister in charge of Cybersecurity, Minister of State for Cybersecurity (Takaichi Cabinet)