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Takeshi Iwaya

Politician

Takeshi Iwaya is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Ivaja Takesi · Iwaya Takeshi · Takeshi Iwaya · Takeşi İvaya · Takeši Iwaja · 8 more...				[sources]
Other name	Iwaya Takeshi · Takeshi Iwaya · Takeši Iwaja · Ивая Такэси · Ивая, Такэси · 4 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1957-08-24				[sources]
Place of birth	Beppu · Beppu, Oita				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Japan				[sources]
Country	Japan				[sources]
Citizenship	Japan				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Takeshi				[sources]
Last name	Iwaya				[sources]
Political association	Liberal Democratic Party				[sources]
Title	His Excellency				[sources]
Website	www.t-iwaya.com · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1654639				[sources]
Position	Minister for Foreign Affairs (2024-) · Minister for Foreign Affairs (2024-2024) · Minister of Defense of Japan (2018-2019) · Minister of Foreign Affairs · Shūgiin (member, 2014-2017) · 4 more...				[sources]
Education	Kagoshima La Salle High School · School of Political Science and Economics (political science), Waseda University · Waseda University				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov · www.shugiin.go.jp				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-19	Last processed	2025-10-21	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Minister for Foreign Affairs

— Japanese House of Representatives Members, 2025-10-13

Japanese politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister for Foreign Affairs	2024-10-01	2024-11-11

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Data sources

Japanese House of Representatives Members464

Current members of the Japanese House of Representatives (Shūgiin), the lower house of the National Diet of Japan.

Japan · Shūgiin

US CIA World Leaders11,073

An index of most national-level cabinet members in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States · CIA

UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs1,044

The UN's list of senior government officials in all of its member states.

DGACM

Every Politician57,897

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,375

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,073

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions548,945

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata349,947

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: unprot-01e58561dd19d5ae420be08403c8c29881550f56 · us-cia-japan-iwaya-takeshi-minister-of-foreign-affairs · NK-UdMyGuYLqxgtTocFwf9SDg · unprot-fffeedcfa4fde5f7af725d1f9c84d58f8a8b5c9a · evpo-03b8b644-2c0c-474e-a09c-cca5c00ea311 · jp-shu-b243539a23ef92a1938958f9bc1b5273d866ccd5

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