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Takeshi Iwaya

Japanese politician

1957 - today

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His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Takeshi Iwaya is the 15,450th most popular politician, the 1,472nd most popular biography from Japan and the 334th most popular Japanese Politician.

Takeshi Iwaya is most famously known as a veteran Japanese Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) politician and long-serving Member of the House of Representatives (elected 10 times from Oita's 3rd district), who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from October 2024 to October 2025 under Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, where he focused on strengthening alliances (notably with the US amid Indo-Pacific tensions), advancing nuclear non-proliferation efforts toward the 2026 NPT Review Conference, and promoting multilateral cooperation amid global divisions. He previously held the post of Minister of Defense (2018–2019) in the Abe cabinet and various senior LDP roles in security, budget, and constitutional affairs. Surprisingly, despite his hawkish defense background and key diplomatic engagements—including meetings with counterparts like China's Wang Yi and US Secretary Rubio—he stepped down from the foreign minister role in late 2025 amid a cabinet reshuffle or political transition, yet remains influential in LDP policy circles on national security and foreign policy as of early 2026.

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Takeshi Iwaya shares a August 24 birthday with Yasser Arafat, Jorge Luis Borges, and Paulo Coelho.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Takeshi Iwaya ranks 15,443 out of 19,576. Before him are Hilda Cameron, Dumuzid the Fisherman, Iah, Nicolas Alfonsi, Sahiba Gafarova, and Osberht of Northumbria. After him are Eurypon, Ali Muhammad Mujawar, Chavarat Charnvirakul, George Bancroft, René Schick, and Semyon Ignatyev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Takeshi Iwaya ranks 342. Before him are Han Kuo-yu, Vitaly Daraselia, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Phil Mahre, Peter Murphy, and Denise Crosby. After him are Carol Cheng, Lucio Gutiérrez, Michael Hurst, Laura Innes, Márta Sebestyén, and Alexander Dityatin.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Takeshi Iwaya ranks 1,472 out of 6,245. Before him are Okuro Oikawa (1896), Atsushi Sakurai (1966), Jiro Sato (1908), Daichi Fukushima (1977), Ryo Kawasaki (1947), and Hiroshi Kaneda (1953). After him are Homare Sawa (1978), Etsuko Ichihara (1936), Motojirō Kajii (1901), Joji (1992), Shuji Tsurumi (1938), and Nujabes (1974).

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Among Politicians In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Takeshi Iwaya ranks 334. Before him are Uchida Kōsai (1865), Akie Abe (1962), Vanraure Hachinohe (null), Taki Inoue (1963), Toshikatsu Matsuoka (1945), and Mikio Aoki (1934). After him are Mizuho Fukushima (1955), Hirofumi Nakasone (1945), Kazuo Shii (1954), Isamu Sonoda (1946), Yoshimasa Hayashi (1961), and Yōichi Masuzoe (1948).

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