Toshimitsu Motegi

Toshimitsu Motegi
茂木 敏充
Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 November 2021
President	Fumio Kishida
Vice President	Tarō Asō
Preceded by	Akira Amari
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office 11 September 2019 – 4 November 2021
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe Yoshihide Suga Fumio Kishida
Preceded by	Tarō Kōno
Succeeded by	Yoshimasa Hayashi
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
In office 3 August 2017 – 11 September 2019
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Nobuteru Ishihara
Succeeded by	Yasutoshi Nishimura
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
In office 26 December 2012 – 3 September 2014
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Yukio Edano
Succeeded by	Yūko Obuchi
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 July 1993
Constituency	Tochigi 1st district
Personal details
Born	(1955-10-07) 7 October 1955 (age 68) Ashikaga, Tochigi, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party
Alma mater	University of Tokyo Harvard University
Website	Official website

Toshimitsu Motegi (茂木 敏充, Motegi Toshimitsu, born 7 October 1955) is a Japanese politician who currently serves as the Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party. 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 is serving in the House of Representatives as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He leads the Heisei Kenkyūkai faction within the LDP.^[1]