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	Shinzō Abe
Preceded by	Itsunori Onodera
Succeeded by	Tarō Kōno
State Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office 26 September 2006 – 27 August 2007
Prime Minister	Shinzō Abe
Member of the House of Representatives for Ōita's 3rd district
In office 19 February 1990 – 18 June 1993
Personal details
Born	(1957-08-24) 24 August 1957 Beppu, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party
Education	Waseda University
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.

Career

Takeshi Iwaya meeting with Eric Hargan

A native of Beppu, Ōita and the son of Kei Iwaya, a member of the assembly of Ōita Prefecture, Takeshi Iwaya graduated from the School of Political Science and Economics at Waseda University.

He 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.

He has served as State Minister of Foreign Affairs in the First Abe Cabinet and as Minister of Defense in the Fourth Abe Cabinet.

Iwaya was named to the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs in September 2024.

References

• 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.