Shinjiro Koizumi

Koizumi Shinjiro (Japanese: Smallizumi Shinjiro/ Shinjiro, Romanized: Koizumi Shinjirō, April 14, 1981 -), a politician from the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan and the current Minister of Defense. He has served as the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the Minister of the Environment, and the Minister in charge of Special Atomic Energy Disaster Prevention in the Cabinet Office. He has been elected to the House of Representatives for seven consecutive terms since 2009. Shinjiro Koizumi has successively served as Chief Secretary to the Cabinet Office and Chief Secretary to the Minister of Reconstruction, Youth Director of the Liberal Democratic Party, President of the Liberal Democratic Party’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and Comprehensive Fisheries Policy Research Association, Deputy Writing Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party, and President of the Liberal Democratic Party’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.