Ryu Shionoya (塩谷 立, Shionoya Ryū, born February 18, 1950) is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) and who was the former Minister of Education, Science and Technology.

[1] Shionoya is a native of Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture and a graduate of Ambassador College and Keio University.

Shionoya was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990.

[2] He is currently serving as the chairperson of the LDP Election Strategy Committee, as well as the chairperson of Artificial Intelligence and Future Socioeconomic Strategy Headquarters [3][4] and the president of the Japan-Mekong Parliamentary Friendship Association.

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