Yasuhide Nakayama

State Minister of Defense. Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Member of the House of Representatives, Osaka 4th Electoral District (Elected five times).Bachelor of Law, Seijo University. Master's degree, Graduate School of Waseda University. 2007, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs. 2009, Director of the National Defense Division of the LDP. 2012, Director of the National Defense Division of the LDP. Jan 2013, Director of the Committee on Security of the House of Representatives, Chief Secretary of the Research Commission on Security of the LDP, Deputy Chairperson, Research Commission on Public Safety and Counter-Terrorism. Oct 2013, Senior director of the Special Committee on North Korean Abductions and Other Issues of the House of Representatives. 2014, State Minister for Foreign Affairs. Jan 2015, Head of Local Response Headquarters [to take leadership of local activities] regarding the hostage incident of Japanese nationals in Syria. Dec 2015, Deputy Chairperson, Research Commission on Security of the LDP. 2017, Chairman of Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs. 2018, Director, Internet Media Division of the LDP. 2019, Director of Foreign Affairs Division of the LDP.