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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	IWAYA Takeshi · Ivaja Takesi · Takeshi Iwaya · Takeşi İvaya · Takeši Iwaja · 8 more...				[sources]
Alias	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]
Website	www.t-iwaya.com · facebook.com · t-iwaya.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1654639				[sources]
Position	Minister for Foreign Affairs · Minister of Defense of Japan · Minister of Foreign Affairs · Shūgiin (member, 2014-2017) · Shūgiin (member, 2017-) · 2 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	2025-12-01	Last processed	2025-12-01	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Oita 3rd District (single-seat constituency), elected ten times

— Japanese House of Representatives Members, 2025-11-02

Japanese politician

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Shūgiin	2017-11-01	-
member of the House of Representatives of Japan	2017-10-22

Data sources

US CIA World Leaders11,009

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United States · CIA

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories198,578

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Japanese House of Representatives Members466

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

Japan · Shūgiin

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,825

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions516,108

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata386,636

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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

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