松川 るい [新居 るい] House of Councillors

Liberal Democratic Party / Independents Group

Career

Real name Rui Arai Born in 1971. After attending Shitennoji Junior and Senior High School and the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo, he entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After entering the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he obtained a master's degree from the Graduate School of International Relations at Georgetown University in the United States. At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in addition to conducting Asian diplomacy and analyzing the situation, as the first director of the Women's Participation Promotion Office, she worked on promoting women's empowerment around the world and led the International Women's Conference ``WAW!'' to success. 2016 Shuji winner. The only former career diplomat in the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan. She has served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defense, and in the Liberal Democratic Party, served as Director-General of the Women's Department, Acting Chairman of the Defense Department, Acting Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Department, Director-General of the Osaka-Kansai Expo Promotion Headquarters, and Deputy Director-General of the International Bureau. Established a coalition promoting the ``mandatory'' childcare leave for men, proposed the creation of special childcare leave for men, and achieved the revision of the childcare leave law. While serving as a government official at the Minister of Defense, he proposed the ``First Defense White Paper'' for children, which was published as a book due to its popularity. He has appeared on TV and various media many times. In 2022, his first solo book “The Power to Challenge” (Asuka Shinsha) was published. It was the second time in the same year. mother of two