Takuya Hirai

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Takuya Hirai
Digital Minister
In office
1 September 2021 – 4 October 2021
Prime MinisterYoshihide Suga
Preceded byOffice Established
Succeeded byKaren Makishima (as Minister for Digital)
Member of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
30 August 2009 - 16 November 2012
31 October 2021
ConstituencyShikoku PR block
In office
25 June 2000 - 21 July 2009
16 December 2012 – 14 October 2021
Preceded byTakao Fujimoto
Succeeded byJunya Ogawa
ConstituencyKagawa 1st
Personal details
Born (1958-01-25) January 25, 1958 (age 66)
Takamatsu city, Kagawa, Japan
Political partyLDP
Other political
affiliations
NFP(1996 - 1997)
Independent(1997 - 2000)
RelativesTarō Hirai(grandfather)
Takushi Hirai(father)
Takuya Hirai with Tasuku Honjo

Takuya Hirai is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Takamatsu, Kagawa and graduate of Sophia University he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000 as a member of the New Frontier Party after running unsuccessfully as an independent in 1996. He later joined LDP.

On September 1, 2021, he became the Digital Minister, who has jurisdiction over the Digital Agency.[1]

Prior to entering politics, he was the president of Nishinippon Broadcasting, which is owned by him and his family.

Personal history[edit]

  • 政治家情報 〜平井 たくや〜. JANJAN ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2007-10-12.

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