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Japanese politician (born 1964)
Kōichirō Genba
玄葉 光一郎
Genba in 2012
Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 November 2024
MonarchNaruhito
SpeakerFukushiro Nukaga
Preceded byBanri Kaieda
142nd Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
2 September 2011 – 26 December 2012
Prime MinisterYoshihiko Noda
Preceded byTakeaki Matsumoto
Succeeded byFumio Kishida
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
18 July 1993
Preceded byMulti-member district
Constituency
Member of the Fukushima Prefectural Assembly
In office
1991–1993
Personal details
Born (1964-05-20) 20 May 1964 (age 60)
Tamura, Fukushima, Japan
Political partyCDP (since 2020)
Other political
affiliations
Alma materSophia University (LL.B.)
WebsiteOfficial website
Clinton and Gemba

Kōichirō Genba (玄葉 光一郎, Genba Kōichirō, born 20 May 1964) is a Japanese politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2011 to 2012. He is a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet, and was a member to the Democratic Party of Japan and its successor Democratic Party until its merger in 2018. He left the party briefly before the merger, and joined the Group of Independents House of Representatives caucus of other former Democrats a few days later. A native of Tamura, Fukushima and graduate of Sophia University, he was later accepted into the prestigious Matsushita Institute of Government and Management, an institution founded by Panasonic founder Konosuke Matsushita which grooms future civic leaders of Japan. Genba was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993 after serving in the assembly of Fukushima Prefecture for one term. In September 2011 he was chosen as Minister for Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda.

Genba is part of the CDP's shadow cabinet 'Next Cabinet' as the shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs.

References

  1. Sankei News, April 26, 2018: 【民進・希望合流】民進・玄葉光一郎元外相が離党表明　新党不参加　無所属で活動, retrieved December 12, 2018.
  2. Sankei News, May 9, 2018: 国民民主党結成】玄葉光一郎元外相が「無所属の会」加入, retrieved December 12, 2018.
  3. Japan Times,"Cabinet Profiles: Noda Cabinet Archived 2012-08-02 at archive.today", 3 September 2011, p. 3.
  4. 立憲民主党. "立憲民主党 泉「次の内閣」". 立憲民主党 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-05-08.

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House of Representatives (Japan)
Preceded byMasayoshi Ito
Kozo Watanabe
Yoshiyuki Hozumi 		Member of the House of Representatives for
Fukushima 2nd district
1993–1996
Served alongside: Kozo Watanabe, Fumiaki Saitō, Yoshiyuki Hozumi, Hiroyuki Arai 		Constituency abolished
New constituency Member of the House of Representatives for
Tōhoku
1996–2000
Served alongside: 15 others 		Succeeded by(14-member constituency)
Preceded byHiroyuki Arai Member of the House of Representatives for
Fukushima 3rd district
2000–present 		Incumbent
Preceded byYoshito Sengoku Minister of State for Civil Service Reform
2010 		Succeeded byRenhō Murata
New office Minister of State for the New Public Commons
2010–2011
Preceded bySatoshi Arai Minister of State for National Policy
2010–2011 		Succeeded byMotohisa Furukawa
Preceded byBanri Kaieda Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
2011
Minister of State for Space Policy
2011
Preceded byTakeaki Matsumoto Minister of Foreign Affairs
2011–2012 		Succeeded byFumio Kishida
Party political offices
Preceded byMasayuki Naoshima Policy Research Council Chairman of the Democratic Party
2010–2011 		Succeeded bySeiji Maehara
Foreign Ministers of Japan


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