Kōichirō Genba
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Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 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.[1][2] 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.[3]
Genba is part of the CDP's shadow cabinet 'Next Cabinet' as the shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs.[4]
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- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Japan Times,"Cabinet Profiles: Noda Cabinet Template:Webarchive", 3 September 2011, p. 3.
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External links
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- Minister for National Policy, Minister of State for the New Public Commons, Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy, Minister for Space Policy
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- 1964 births
- Living people
- Sophia University alumni
- Independent politicians in Japan
- Democratic Party of Japan politicians
- Ministers for foreign affairs of Japan
- Government ministers of Japan
- Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2005–2009
- Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2012–2014
- Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2014–2017
- Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2017–2021
- Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2021–2024
- Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2024–