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Japanese politician
Aiko Shimajiri
島尻 安伊子
Shimajiri in 2015
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
In office
7 October 2015 – 3 August 2016
Prime MinisterShinzo Abe
Preceded byShunichi Yamaguchi
Succeeded byYōsuke Tsuruho
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 November 2021
ConstituencyOkinawa 3rd
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
27 April 2007 – 25 July 2016
ConstituencyOkinawa at-large
Member of the Naha City Council
In office
2004–2007
Personal details
Born (1965-03-04) 4 March 1965 (age 59)
Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Political partyLDP (2007–present)
Other political
affiliations		DPJ (2004–2005)
Independent (2005–2007)
Children4
Alma materSophia University

Aiko Shimajiri (島尻 安伊子, Shimajiri Aiko, born March 4, 1965) is a Japanese politician, a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature) who was elected for the first time in 2007 and re-elected in 2010 in Okinawa Prefecture constituency. Shimajiri was appointed the Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs in the cabinet reshuffle on October 7, 2015, and is one of 3 women serving in Shinzo Abe's cabinet.

In an interview following her appointment as the minister of state, Shimajiri stated that she will not deal with issues regarding the construction of new U.S. military facilities in Okinawa.

Shimajiri lost her Diet seat to former Ginowan, Okinawa mayor Yoichi Iha, a critic of the US military presence in Okinawa supported by a coalition of opposition parties, in the 2016 Japanese House of Councillors election. This was viewed by some analysts as a setback for the proposed relocation of Futenma.

References

  1. "Shimajiri Aiko | Liberal Democratic Party of Japan". Archived from the original on 2015-11-09. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  2. "Ms.SHIMAJIRI Aiko：House of Councillors". Archived from the original on 2016-01-11. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  3. "List of Ministers (The Cabinet) | Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet".
  4. Yoshida, Reiji (October 28, 2015). "Okinawa affairs minister says Futenma, U.S. military issues outside her mandate". Japan Times.
  5. Johnston, Eric (10 July 2016). "Okinawan minister Shimajiri ousted from Upper House by former Ginowan mayor". The Japan Times. Retrieved 12 July 2016.

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House of Councillors
Preceded byKeiko Itokazu Councillor for Okinawa's at-large district
2007–2016 		Succeeded byYoichi Iha


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