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Aso Cabinet (Formed September 24, 2008)
STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF ECONOMIC AND FISCAL POLICY
Yoshimasa Hayashi
Date of birth: Jan. 19, 1961
Hayashi, 48, is assuming his second Cabinet post after a brief stint as defense minister last August under then Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda.
The Harvard-educated House of Councilors member started his political career as secretary to his finance minister father in 1992 and entered the Upper House in 1995, representing Yamaguchi Prefecture.
Subsequent changes
- Sep. 24, 08
- Feb. 17, 09
- Jun. 12, 09
- Jul. 2, 09
