| Native name | 寺田 稔 |
|---|---|
| Office | Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications |
| Prime minister | Fumio Kishida |
| Term start | 10 August 2022 |
| Term end | 20 November 2022 |
| Predecessor | Yasushi Kaneko |
| Successor | Takeaki Matsumoto |
| Office 1 | Member of the House of Representatives |
| Constituency 1 | Hiroshima 5th (2012–2024) Chūgoku PR (2024–present) |
| Term start 1 | 16 December 2012 |
| Predecessor 1 | Mitsuo Mitani |
| Constituency 2 | Hiroshima 5th |
| Term start 2 | 27 April 2004 |
| Term end 2 | 21 July 2009 |
| Predecessor 2 | Yukihiko Ikeda |
| Successor 2 | Mitsuo Mitani |
| Birth date | 24 January 1958 (age 68) |
| Birth place | Hiroshima, Japan |
| Party | Liberal Democratic |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo Harvard University |
Minoru Terada (寺田 稔, Terada Minoru) is a Japanese politician who served as the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications from August until November 2022. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he also serves in the House of Representatives and was Special Advisor to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida from December 2021 to August 2022.
Early life
Terada is a native of Hiroshima, Hiroshima and graduated from the University of Tokyo (Alma mater, Faculty of Law). He joined the Ministry of Finance in 1980, attending Harvard University in United States in 1982, while in the ministry.
Political career
Terada was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2004, having left the ministry after the death of his uncle and former Foreign Minister Yukihiko Ikeda.
Terada also served as Secretary at the Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C., Senior Vice Minister of Cabinet Office, and Senior Vice Minister for Reconstruction[1]
On November 20, 2022, Terada was sacked from his position as the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications after a magazine alleging him of misusing political funds, prompting calls for his resignation from opposition parties who saw him as unfit to supervise election-related laws.[2]
Policies
Affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi, which advocates a return to militarism in Japan,[3] Terada is in favor of allowing collective self-defense.[4]
Family
Terada's wife Keiko is a granddaughter of Hayato Ikeda, former Prime Minister of Japan.
References
- ^ Profile on LDP website - retrieved Nov 19, 2014
- ^ "Japan PM sacks scandal-hit internal affairs minister amid pressure". Kyodo News. 20 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ Nippon Kaigi website
- ^ Asahi Shimbun Hiroshima, June 18, 2014
- "ja:政治家情報 〜寺田 稔〜" (in Japanese). ザ･選挙. JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-12-03. Retrieved 2007-10-06.