Mr. HIRAKI Daisaku'S PHOTOGRAPH OF THE FACE

Mr. HIRAKI Daisaku

  • Komeito
  • Elected 2013, 2019 and 2025, Proportional Representation
  • Current Responsibilities in the House of Councillors
    (as of November 9,2026)
    Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense (Director)
    Special Committee on Disasters Management and Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake (Director)
    Deliberative Council on Political Ethics

Born:
 October 16, 1974, Nagano Prefecture
 
Education:
 2006-2008 IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL (BARCELONA, SPAIN)
       MBA
 1994-1998 UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO (TOKYO, JAPAN)
       Bachelor's degree of Law
 
Career:
 2013-Present THE SENATE
        -Diet Member
 2010-2012  SIGMAXYZ Inc.
        -Manager, Management Consultant
 2008-2010  Booz & Company
        -Associate, Management Consultant
 1998-2006  Citibank, N.A.
        -Vice President, Legal / Compliance
        Department
        -Assistant Vice President, PM, Product
        Development Unit
        -Assistant Manager, Risk Management Unit
        Associate, New Client Development Unit
 
Major posts in the Senate:
 2025    Chairman, Special Committee on Disasters
 2021-2022 Chairman, Committee on General Affairs
 
Major posts in the Government:
 2023-2024 State Minister for Reconstruction
 2017-2018 Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy,
       Trade and Industry
       Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
       Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Reconstruction
 
Major posts in a political party:
 2026-Present Secretary General, KOMEITO Board of
         Directors for the Senate
 2026-Present Chair, KOMEITO Public Relations Committee
 2026     Chair, KOMEITO Diet Policy Committee
 
Note: The Sangiin, which had been known as the House of Councillors, is called the Senate in English as of August 2026.

(as of October 26,2026)

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