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Yoshimasa Hayashi

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Yoshimasa Hayashi (林 芳正, Hayashi Yoshimasa; born 19 January 1961) is a Japanese politician who has been serving as Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications since October 2025. Hayashi previously held six cabinet positions: Minister of Defence (August–September 2008), Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy (July–September 2009), Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (December 2012 – September 2014, February–October 2015), Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (August 2017 – October 2018), and Minister of Foreign Affairs (November 2021 – September 2023), and Chief Cabinet Secretary (December 2023 – October 2025). 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

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Yoshimasa Hayashi is the 15,851st most popular politician (down from 15,644th in 2024), the 1,536th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,432nd in 2019) and the 332nd most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yoshimasa Hayashi ranks 15,851 out of 19,576. Before him are Ruslan Stefanchuk, Martín Javier Mina y Larrea, Edith of Wessex, Osred II of Northumbria, Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter, and Castinus. After him are Yōichi Masuzoe, Richard Henry Lee, Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann, Dinesh Gunawardena, Dimitar Stanchov, and Jim McGovern.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Yoshimasa Hayashi ranks 339. Before him are Judi Brown Clarke, Werner Günthör, Gary Shaw, John Sivebæk, Penny Johnson Jerald, and Sally Yeh. After him are Andrea Pollack, Steven Moffat, Fabio Biondi, Unsuk Chin, Kai-Fu Lee, and Paul McCrane.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yoshimasa Hayashi ranks 1,536 out of 6,245. Before him are So Yamamura (1910), Hitoyoshi Satomi (1983), Nobuyuki Aihara (1934), Kotono Mitsuishi (1967), Hideki Kamiya (1970), and Aya Kitō (1962). After him are Yōichi Masuzoe (1948), Kenzo Suzuki (1950), Mayumi Omatsu (1970), Junji Goto (1971), Akira Kubota (1973), and Hidetoyo Watanabe (1971).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Yoshimasa Hayashi ranks 332. Before him are Vanraure Hachinohe (null), Taki Inoue (1963), Toshikatsu Matsuoka (1945), Mikio Aoki (1934), Hirofumi Nakasone (1945), and Isamu Sonoda (1946). After him are Yōichi Masuzoe (1948), Sakai Toshihiko (1871), Hisako, Princess Takamado (1953), Shōichi Nakagawa (1953), Nobuo Kishi (1959), and Takashi Yokoyama (1913).

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