Makishima Karen

Member of the House of Representatives from Kanagawa’s seventeenth district, elected six times. Chairperson of the Liberal Democratic Party’s Research Commission on International Cooperation. Born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1976. Received her PhD after completing graduate studies at George Washington University and the doctoral program in public administration at International Christian University. Previously served as parliamentary vice minister of the Cabinet Office and director of the LDP Youth Division. Served in the Kishida Fumio cabinet as digital minister, minister in charge of administrative reform, and minister of state for regulatory reform.