Ambassador's CV

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)