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Takeshi Iwaya
Takeshi Iwaya
岩屋毅
	Official portrait, 2024
Minister for Foreign Affairs
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 October 2024
Prime Minister	Shigeru Ishiba
Preceded by	Yōko Kamikawa
Minister of Defense
	In office; 2 October 2018 – 11 September 2019
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Itsunori Onodera
Succeeded by	Tarō Kōno
Member of the House of Representatives
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 26 June 2000
Preceded by	Eijirō Hata
Constituency	Ōita 3rd (2000–2009; 2012–present); Kyushu PR (2009–2012)
	In office; 19 February 1990 – 18 June 1993
Constituency	Ōita 2nd
Member of the Ōita Prefectural Assembly
	In office; 1987–1990
Personal details
Born	24 August 1957 (age 67); Beppu, Ōita, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Other political; affiliations	New Party Sakigake; New Frontier
Education	Waseda University
Signature
Website	Official website

Takeshi Iwaya (岩屋毅, Iwaya Takeshi, born August 24, 1957) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party. He is a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet, or national legislature, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He served as the Minister of Defense from 2 October 2018 to 11 September 2019.

Early life

A native of Beppu, Ōita, Takeshi Iwaya graduated from the School of Political Science and Economics at Waseda University.

Political career

Iwaya was elected to the assembly of Ōita Prefecture in 1987 (serving for one term), and to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990 as an independent.

After losing his seat in 1993, he ran unsuccessfully for the house in 1996 but was re-elected in 2000.

Iwaya has served as State Minister of Foreign Affairs in the First Abe Cabinet and as Minister of Defense in the Fourth Abe Cabinet.^[1]

Iwaya was named to the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs in September 2024.^[2]

Family

Takeshi Iwaya is the son of Kei Iwaya, a former member of the assembly of Ōita Prefecture

References

^ "Profile of Minister for Foreign Affairs IWAYA Takeshi". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
^ "New Japan cabinet: Kato to be named finance minister, Iwaya as foreign minister". Nikkei Asia. 30 September 2024.

政治家情報〜岩屋毅〜 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2007-10-16.

External links

Official website in Japanese.

[1] "Profile of Minister for Foreign Affairs IWAYA Takeshi". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 20 November 2024.

[2] "New Japan cabinet: Kato to be named finance minister, Iwaya as foreign minister". Nikkei Asia. 30 September 2024.

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