Mr. HASHIMOTO Gaku is a member of the House of Representatives, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), and State Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare appointed in September 2019. After completing Master’s Program at Keio University. he first joined the Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.. First elected to the House of Representatives in 2005, now he is in his fourth term. He served as Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health and Labour and Welfare and State Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
In the House, he served as Director of Committee on Internal Affairs and Communications, Director of Committee on Foreign Affairs and Director of Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare.
In the LDP, he served positions including Vice- Chairperson, Committee on Organizations Involved with Health and Welfare, Deputy Director, Health, Labour and Welfare Division, Deputy Director, Internal Affairs and Communications Division, Vice- Chairperson, Committee on Organizations Involved with Health and Welfare, Chairperson, Committee on Organizations Involved with Information and Communications, Deputy Chairperson, Diet Affairs Committee, Acting Director, Internal Affairs and Communications Division, Director, Foreign Affairs Division and Director, Health, Labour and Welfare Division.