Kōichi Hagiuda

Kōichi Hagiuda
萩生田 光一
Official portrait, 2021
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
In office
4 October 2021  10 August 2022
Prime MinisterFumio Kishida
Preceded byHiroshi Kajiyama
Succeeded byYasutoshi Nishimura
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
In office
11 September 2019  4 October 2021
Prime MinisterShinzo Abe
Yoshihide Suga
Preceded byMasahiko Shibayama
Succeeded byShinsuke Suematsu
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
(Political affairs, House of Representatives)
In office
7 October 2015  3 August 2017
Prime MinisterShinzo Abe
Preceded byKatsunobu Katō
Succeeded byYasutoshi Nishimura
Member of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
18 December 2012
Preceded byYukihiko Akutsu
ConstituencyTokyo 24th
In office
10 November 2003  21 July 2009
Preceded byYukihiko Akutsu
Succeeded byYukihiko Akutsu
ConstituencyTokyo 24th
Personal details
Born (1963-08-31) 31 August 1963
Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Alma materMeiji University

Kōichi Hagiuda (萩生田 光一, Hagiuda Kōichi; born August 31, 1963) is a Japanese politician who served as the Chairman of the Policy Research Council of the Liberal Democratic Party from August 2022 to December 2023. He previously served as Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, and was Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary from 2015 to 2016 and Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology from 2019 to 2021.