Permanent Representative's CV
2025/3/4
Name: MATSUURA Hiroshi
Birthplace: Kanagawa
Professional Career:
April 1987 Entered Ministry of Foreign Affairs
February 2003 Counsellor, at the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations
January 2007 Director, Economic Integration Division, Economic Affairs Bureau
July 2009 Director, International Economy Division, Economic Affairs Bureau
March 2010 Director, Global Issues Cooperation Division, International Cooperation Bureau
August 2012 Minister, Embassy of Japan in Malaysia
June 2014 Economic Minister, Embassy of Japan in the United Kingdom
September 2017 Deputy Director-General of Minister’s Secretariat,
International Legal Affairs Bureau
August 2018 Deputy Director-General of Minister’s Secretariat,
International Cooperation Bureau (Global Issues,
Ambassador), Chief Negotiator on COP, Climate Change
September 2019 Deputy Director-General of Minister’s Secretariat,
Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Bureau and Economic Affairs Bureau (Ambassador for Economic Diplomacy),
G7/G20 Sub Sherpa,
Chief Negotiator on the UK-Japan Free Trade Agreement
October 2020 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United Kingdom
December 2024 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Kenya
January 2025 Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Nairobi (concurrent position)
Birthplace: Kanagawa
Professional Career:
April 1987 Entered Ministry of Foreign Affairs
February 2003 Counsellor, at the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations
January 2007 Director, Economic Integration Division, Economic Affairs Bureau
July 2009 Director, International Economy Division, Economic Affairs Bureau
March 2010 Director, Global Issues Cooperation Division, International Cooperation Bureau
August 2012 Minister, Embassy of Japan in Malaysia
June 2014 Economic Minister, Embassy of Japan in the United Kingdom
September 2017 Deputy Director-General of Minister’s Secretariat,
International Legal Affairs Bureau
August 2018 Deputy Director-General of Minister’s Secretariat,
International Cooperation Bureau (Global Issues,
Ambassador), Chief Negotiator on COP, Climate Change
September 2019 Deputy Director-General of Minister’s Secretariat,
Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Bureau and Economic Affairs Bureau (Ambassador for Economic Diplomacy),
G7/G20 Sub Sherpa,
Chief Negotiator on the UK-Japan Free Trade Agreement
October 2020 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United Kingdom
December 2024 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Kenya
January 2025 Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Nairobi (concurrent position)