Mitsuo Matayoshi

Mitsuo Matayoshi
又吉光雄
Chairman of World Economic Community Party
In office 1997 – June 30, 2018
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Born	(1944-02-05)February 5, 1944 Okinawa, Japan
Died	July 20, 2018(2018-07-20) (aged 74)
Political party	World Economic Community Party
Education	Chuo University

Mitsuo Matayoshi (又吉 光雄, Matayoshi Mitsuo, February 5, 1944 – July 20, 2018), also known as Jesus Matayoshi (又吉 イエス, Matayoshi Iesu) or The Only God Matayoshi Jesus Christ (唯一神又吉光雄・イエス・キリスト, Yui'itsu-shin Matayoshi Mitsuo Iesu Kirisuto), was a Japanese political activist known for his perennial candidacy. He was the leader and founder of the World Economic Community Party (Sekai Keizai Kyōdōtai-tō (世界経済共同体党)).^[1]

He was born in Ginowan, Okinawa on February 5, 1944. After graduating from Chuo University in Tokyo in 1968, he moved back to Okinawa and ran a juku, a private school. Matayoshi was trained as a Protestant preacher, and through his religious studies developed a particular concept of Christianity strongly influenced by eschatology. In 1997, he established the World Economic Community Party, a political party based on his conviction that he was God. His concept was both religious and political, a mix of Christian eschatology like Augustine's De civitate Dei ("City of God") and conservative collectivism. He died from kidney cancer on 20 July 2018 in Tokyo, aged 74.^[2]