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Yoshimasa Hayashi

1961 - Today

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Yoshimasa Hayashi (林 芳正, Hayashi Yoshimasa, born 19 January 1961) is a Japanese politician who has been serving as Chief Cabinet Secretary since December 2023. Hayashi previously held five cabinet positions: Minister of Defence (August 2008–September 2008), Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy (July 2009–September 2009), Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (December 2012–September 2014, February 2015–October 2015), Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (August 2017–October 2018), and Minister of Foreign Affairs (November 2021–September 2023) . A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, Hayashi was first elected to the House of Councillors in 1995, where he served for five terms until 2021. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yoshimasa Hayashi has received more than 152,427 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Yoshimasa Hayashi is the 15,655th most popular politician, the 1,432nd most popular biography from Japan and the 333rd most popular Japanese Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yoshimasa Hayashi ranks 15,655 out of 19,576. Before him are Joaquín Chapaprieta, Daniel Ona Ondo, José Patricio Guggiari, Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi, Freundel Stuart, and Harold Nicolson. After him are Arthur Whitten Brown, Fred Akuffo, Ælfwald II of Northumbria, Ruslan Stefanchuk, Lol Mahamat Choua, and Ólafur Jóhannesson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Yoshimasa Hayashi ranks 324. Before him are Kjell Westö, Boško Gjurovski, Steven Moffat, Cédric Klapisch, Takao Kobayashi, and Simon West. After him are Douglas Coupland, Katrin Cartlidge, Anton Josipović, Camryn Manheim, Patricia Urquiola, and Guru.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yoshimasa Hayashi ranks 1,432 out of 6,245. Before him are Sachiko Hidari (1930), Michio Mado (1909), Rikiya Koyama (1963), Takao Doi (1954), Hiroshi Ochiai (1946), and Ai Iijima (1972). After him are Takao Kawaguchi (1950), Sanae Mishima (1957), Junichi Masuda (1968), Yōjirō Takita (1955), Rica Matsumoto (1968), and Kouta Hirano (1973).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Yoshimasa Hayashi ranks 333. Before him are Toshikatsu Matsuoka (1945), Hirofumi Nakasone (1945), Nobuo Kishi (1959), Toshimitsu Motegi (1955), Shidzue Katō (1897), and Yōichi Masuzoe (1948). After him are Kunio Hatoyama (1948), Isamu Sonoda (1946), Tomio Okamura (1972), Katsuya Okada (1953), Kono Yasui (1880), and Shigeru Ishiba (1957).

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