Motoo Hayashi

Motoo Hayashi
林 幹雄
Official portrait, 2015
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
In office
7 October 2015  3 August 2016
Prime MinisterShinzo Abe
Preceded byYoichi Miyazawa
Succeeded byHiroshige Sekō
Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission
In office
2 July 2009  16 September 2009
Prime MinisterTarō Asō
Preceded byTsutomu Sato
Succeeded byHiroshi Nakai
In office
2 August 2008  24 September 2008
Prime MinisterYasuo Fukuda
Preceded byShinya Izumi
Succeeded byTsutomu Sato
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
18 July 1993  9 October 2024
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byMasaaki Koike
ConstituencyChiba 2nd (1993–1996)
Chiba 10th (1996–2009; 2012–2024)
Southern Kanto PR (2009–2012)
Member of the Chiba Prefectural Assembly
In office
1983–1993
Personal details
Born (1947-01-03) 3 January 1947
Tōnoshō, Chiba, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Alma materNihon University

Motoo Hayashi (林 幹雄, Hayashi Motoo; born January 3, 1947) is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). He served as a member of the House of Representatives in the national Diet from 1993 until 2024, representing the Chiba 10th district; he has previously represented the Southern Kanto proportional representation block and the pre-1996 Chiba 2nd district.