Toshimitsu Motegi

Toshimitsu Motegi
茂木 敏充
Official portrait, 2024
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
21 October 2025
Prime MinisterSanae Takaichi
Preceded byTakeshi Iwaya
In office
11 September 2019 – 4 November 2021
Prime MinisterShinzo Abe
Yoshihide Suga
Fumio Kishida
Preceded byTarō Kōno
Succeeded byFumio Kishida
Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party
In office
4 November 2021 – 30 September 2024
PresidentFumio Kishida
Vice PresidentTarō Asō
Preceded byAkira Amari
Succeeded byHiroshi Moriyama
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
In office
3 August 2017 – 11 September 2019
Prime MinisterShinzo Abe
Preceded byNobuteru Ishihara
Succeeded byYasutoshi Nishimura
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
In office
26 December 2012 – 3 September 2014
Prime MinisterShinzo Abe
Preceded byYukio Edano
Succeeded byYūko Obuchi
Member of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
19 July 1993
Preceded byMulti-member district
ConstituencyTochigi 2nd (1993–1996)
Tochigi 5th (1996–present)
Personal details
Born (1955-10-07) 7 October 1955
PartyLDP (since 1994)
Other political
affiliations
JNP (1993–1994)
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo
Harvard University
Signature
WebsiteOfficial website
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Toshimitsu Motegi (茂木 敏充, Motegi Toshimitsu; born 7 October 1955) is a Japanese politician who is serving as Minister for Foreign Affairs and as a member of the House of Representatives. He has previously served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2019 to 2021, and as Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry from 2012 to 2014. He served as the Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party from 2021 to 2024. He was the leader of the Heisei Kenkyūkai faction within the LDP, before its dissolution in 2024.