Yoshimasa Hayashi
| Yoshimasa Hayashi | |
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| 林 芳正 | |
Yoshimasa Hayashi at the St. Gallen Symposium in May 2011
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| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | |
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In office 23 February 2015 – 7 October 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
| Preceded by | Koya Nishikawa |
| Succeeded by | Hiroshi Moriyama |
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In office 26 December 2012 – 3 September 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
| Preceded by | Akira Gunji |
| Succeeded by | Koya Nishikawa |
| Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy | |
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In office 2 July 2009 – 16 September 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | Taro Aso |
| Preceded by | Kaoru Yosano |
| Succeeded by | Naoto Kan |
| Minister of Defense | |
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In office 2 August 2008 – 24 September 2008 |
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| Prime Minister | Yasuo Fukuda |
| Preceded by | Shigeru Ishiba |
| Succeeded by | Yasukazu Hamada |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
19 January 1961 Shimonoseki, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Alma mater |
University of Tokyo John F. Kennedy School of Government |
Yoshimasa Hayashi (林 芳正 Hayashi Yoshimasa?, born 19 January 1961) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, Koga Faction. He is a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature), currently serving his third term in the Upper House representing Yamaguchi Prefecture.
A native of Shimonoseki, Hayashi graduated from the University of Tokyo and studied at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. In the United States, he was a staffer for U.S. Representative Stephen L. Neal and U.S. Senator William V. Roth, Jr.. He began his career with Mitsui & Co.. Hayashi entered politics as a secretary to his father, Finance Minister Yoshiro Hayashi in 1992. Around the same time he was also the member of the policy staff for a US senator. Hayashi was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1995. He represents the fourth generation of politicians in his family and has concentrated on administrative and tax reform since taking office.
Hayashi was appointed to the Cabinet for the first time as Minister of Defense on 1 August 2008. He held this post for less than two months, however; in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Taro Aso, appointed on 24 September 2008, Hayashi was replaced by Yasukazu Hamada.
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