Member of the House of Representatives
Constituency: Yamaguchi 4th District (Elected 5 times)
| 1954 | Born |
| 1977 | Graduated from the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law, Seikei University |
| 1979 | Entered Kobe Steel, Ltd. |
| 1982 | Executive Assistant to the Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| 1993 | Elected for the first time to the House of Representatives |
| 1999 | Director of the Committee on Health and Welfare, House of Representatives Director of the Social Affairs Division, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) |
| 2000 | Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary, Second Mori Cabinet Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary, Reshuffled Second Mori Cabinet |
| 2001 | Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary, Reshuffled Second Mori Cabinet Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary, First Koizumi Cabinet |
| 2002 | Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary, Reshuffled First Koizumi Cabinet |
| 2003 | Secretary General, LDP |
| 2004 | Acting Secretary General and Chairman of Reform Promotion Headquarters, LDP |
| 2005 | Chief Cabinet Secretary, Reshuffled Third Koizumi Cabinet |
| 2006 | 90th Prime Minister of Japan |
Quelle: http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/abeprofile/2_milestones.html
