Rui Matsukawa

Member, House of Councillors
Former Parliamentary Vice Minister
of Defense

Date of Birth: February 1971
Member of the House of Councillors, Oosaka Prefecture

Education
Mar 1986: Graduated from Shitennoji Junior High School
Mar 1989: Graduated from Shitennoji Senior High School
Mar 1993: Graduated from the University of Tokyo Faculty of Law
Oct 1997: Graduated from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service

Political Career
Apr 1993: Joined Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
1999 – 2002: Treaties Division, MOFA
2002 – 2004: Assistant Director, Regional Policy Division, Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, MOFA
2004 – 2006: First Secretary, Delegation of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament (Switzerland)
2009 – 2011: Deputy-Director, Intelligence and Analysis Service, MOFA
2011 – 2013: Deputy Secretary-General, Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat (Republic of Korea)
2014 – 2016: Director, Gender Mainstreaming Division, Foreign Policy Bureau, MOFA


Feb 2016: Retired from MOFA
July 2016: Elected to the House of Councillors in Osaka Prefecture (first term)

(HC):
Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense
Member, Committee on Budget
Director, Special Committee on ODA and Related Matters
and others

(LDP):
Deputy Director, Foreign Affairs Division
Deputy Director, Economy, Trade and Industry Division
Deputy Director-General, International Bureau
Deputy Director, Women’s Affairs Division
Chief Secretary, Headquarters for Promoting women’s Active Participation
Vice President, Central Institute of Politics
and others

Sep 2020:
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office

Hobbies:
Japanese tea ceremony, travelling, playing the piano, pottery, reading, watching figure skating, dancing such as salsa

Language:
English, Korean

Strength and weakness:
Strength: Achieve results. Have flexible mind.
Weakness: Not good with detailed things.

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