Shinji Inoue

{{short description|Japanese politician}} {{for|the Japanese baseball player|Shinji Inoue (baseball)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Shinji Inoue | native_name = {{nobold|井上信治}} | native_name_lang = ja | image = Shinji Inoue 2020.jpg | caption = Official portrait, 2020 | office = Minister of State (Consumer Affairs and Food Safety, Science and Technology Policy) <br/> Minister in charge of International Exposition | prime_minister = Yoshihide Suga | term_start = 16 September 2020 | term_end = 4 October 2021 | predecessor = Seiichi Eto | successor = Kenji Wakamiya | office1 = Member of the House of Representatives | constituency1 = Tokyo 25th | term_start1 = 10 November 2003 | term_end1 = | predecessor1 = Yozo Ishikawa | successor1 = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|10|07|df=y}} | birth_place = Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan | alma_mater = Tokyo University<br/>University of Cambridge | party = Liberal Democratic }} [[File:Shinji Inoue and Yoshinobu Nisaka 20201020 2.jpg|thumb|Shinji Inoue, Minister of State for "Cool Japan" Strategy, met Yoshinobu Nisaka, Governor of Wakayama Prefecture, at Wakayama Prefectural Government Building in Wakayama City, Wakayama Prefecture on October 20, 2020.]] {{nihongo|'''Shinji Inoue'''|井上信治|Inoue Shinji|extra=born 7 October 1969}} is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).

== Early life == Inoue is a native of Chiyoda, Tokyo and a graduate of the University of Tokyo. He joined the Ministry of Construction in 1994, which later became part of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. While in the ministry, he received a master's degree from the University of Cambridge in England.

== Political career == Inoue left the ministry in 2003, and was first elected to the House of Representatives in the same year. He is still a member of that body as of January 2025.

From September 2020 to October 2021, Inoue served as Minister of State in the Suga Cabinet led by Yoshihide Suga.

From August 2022 to November 2024, he was Acting Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party.

Inoue is affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi.<ref name="Tawara 2016">"日本会議の全貌——知られざる巨大組織の実態" Yoshifumi Tawara、2016/06/17。{{ISBN|9784763407818}}</ref><ref name="Narusawa 2016">"日本会議と神社本庁" ("Japan Conference and the Association of Shinto shrines") Muneo Narusawa 2016/06/28。{{ISBN|9784865720105}}</ref>

== Election history == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" ! Election ! Age ! District ! Political party ! Number of votes ! election results |- | style="background:Pink;" |'''2003 Japanese general election''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''34''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''Tokyo 25th district''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''LDP''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''80,443''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''winning''' |- | style="background:Pink;" |'''2005 Japanese general election''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''35''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''Tokyo 25th district''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''LDP''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''113,800''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''winning''' |- | style="background:Pink;" |'''2009 Japanese general election''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''39''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''Tokyo 25th district''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''LDP''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''106,201''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''winning''' |- | style="background:Pink;" |'''2012 Japanese general election''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''43''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''Tokyo 25th district''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''LDP''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''100,523''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''winning''' |- | style="background:Pink;" |'''2014 Japanese general election''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''45''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''Tokyo 25th district''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''LDP''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''100,081''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''winning''' |- | style="background:Pink;" |'''2017 Japanese general election''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''48''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''Tokyo 25th district''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''LDP''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''112,014''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''winning''' |- | style="background:Pink;" |'''2021 Japanese general election''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''52''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''Tokyo 25th district''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''LDP''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''131,430''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''winning''' |- | style="background:Pink;" |'''2024 Japanese general election ''' | style="background:Pink;" | '''55''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''Tokyo 25th district''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''LDP''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''110,488''' | style="background:Pink;" |'''winning''' |- ! colspan="6" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=井上信治 {{!}} 選挙結果（衆議院） {{!}} 国会議員白書 |url=https://kokkai.sugawarataku.net/giin/err02472.html |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=kokkai.sugawarataku.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=井上信治（イノウエシンジ）｜政治家情報｜選挙ドットコム |url=https://go2senkyo.com/seijika/121952#election |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=選挙ドットコム |language=ja}}</ref> |}

== References == {{reflist}} * {{cite web |url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/diet/profile/0000/00000094.html |script-title=ja:政治家情報〜井上信治〜 |website=www.senkyo.janjan.jp ザ･選挙 |publisher=JANJAN |accessdate=2007-10-16 |language=Japanese |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203094134/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/diet/profile/0000/00000094.html |archivedate=2007-12-03 }}

==External links== * [http://www.inoue-s.jp/ Official website] in Japanese.

{{s-start}} {{s-par|jp-lwr}} {{s-bef|before=Yōzō Ishikawa}} {{s-ttl|title=Member of the House of Representatives from<br>Tokyo 25th district (single-member)|years=2003–}} {{s-inc}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before=Yukio Ubukata<br />Yasuhiro Sonoda}} {{s-ttl|title=Senior Vice Minister of the Environment|years=2012–|alongside=Kazunori Tanaka}} {{s-inc}} {{s-end}}

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