Shinji Inoue and Yoshinobu Nisaka 20201020 2

is a Japanese

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of the

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and a member of the

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in the

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(national legislature).

Early life

Inoue is a native of

Chiyoda, Tokyo , known as Chiyoda City in English,
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and a graduate of the

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. He joined the Ministry of Construction in 1994, which later became part of the

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT; ) is a cabinet-level division of the government of South Korea. Its headquarters is in the Sejong Government Office in Sejong City. Previously the agency was headquartered in the 4th buil ...

. While in the ministry, he received a master's degree from the

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in England.

Political career

Inoue left the ministry in 2003, and was first elected to the House of Representatives in the same year. He is still a member of that body as of January 2025. From September 2020 to October 2021, Inoue served as Minister of State in the

Suga Cabinet The Suga Cabinet governed Japan under the leadership of Prime Minister of Japan, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga from 16 September 2020 to 4 October 2021. The government was a coalition between the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democra ...

led by

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. From August 2022 to November 2024, he was Acting Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party. Inoue is affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby

Nippon Kaigi is Japan's largest ultraconservative and ultranationalist far-right non-governmental organisation and lobbying group. It was established in 1997 and has approximately 38,000 to 40,000 members as of 2020. The group has significant influence i ...

."日本会議の全貌——知られざる巨大組織の実態" Yoshifumi Tawara、2016/06/17。"日本会議と神社本庁" ("Japan Conference and the Association of Shinto shrines") Muneo Narusawa 2016/06/28。

Election history

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