若林 洋平 House of Councillors

Liberal Democratic Party / Independents Group

Career

Born on December 24, 1971 in Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture. Ibaraki Prefectural Midorioka High School, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Saitama University. Worked at Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.'s Pharmaceutical Department in 1997. Since 2001, he has been working at Yurin Koseikai Fuji Hospital, and serves as the office manager at Fuji Hospital, Sunto Kyoritsu Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic of Sunto Ikuaikai Medical Corporation, and Fuji Koyama Hospital of Yurin Koseikai Incorporated Association. In 2006, he served as chairman and vice-chairman of the Gotemba Junior Chamber Youth Development Committee, and in February 2009, at the age of 37, he was elected mayor of Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture. After winning four terms, he was appointed as the Liberal Democratic Party Shizuoka Prefecture Councilor's Ward 2nd Branch Chairman in 2021. Elected as a member of the House of Councilors in July 2020 〇Newly appointed Minister of Defense Political Officer (Appointed on December 18, 2020)