Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Yoshimasa HAYASHI

Name:	Yoshimasa HAYASHI
Date of Birth:	January 19, 1961
Place of Birth:	Yamaguchi Prefecture
Education:	Tokyo University, Faculty of Law, 1984 Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1994

April 1984 - May 1989	Joined Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
June 1989 - June 1990	Joined Sanden Kotsu Co., Ltd
July 1990 - January 1993	Joined Yamaguchi Gohdoh Gas Co., Ltd.
December 1992 - February 1993	Secretary to Mr.Yoshiro HAYASHI, Member of the House of Representatives (HR)
February 1993 - August 1993	Secretary to the Minister of Finance
January 1994 - June 1995	Policy Secretary to Mr.Yoshiro HAYASHI, Member of the HR
July 1995	Elected to the House of Councillors (HC) (17th Regular Election)
October 1999 - July 2000	Parliamentary Vice Minister for Finance
July 2001	Elected to the HC (19th Regular Election)
October 2004 - November 2005	Chairman of the HC Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense
September 2006 - August 2007	Senior Vice Minister of the Cabinet Office
July 2007	Elected to the HC (21st Regular Election)
August 2008 - September 2008	Minister of Defense
March 2009 - July 2009	Chairman of the HC Special Committee on Official Development Assistance and Related Matters
July 2009 - September 2009	Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
December 2012	Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries