Shigeru Ishiba

Shigeru Ishiba
Shigeru Ishiba
石破茂
	Ishiba in 2015
Minister for Overcoming Population Decline and Vitalizing Local Economy
	In office; 3 September 2014 – 3 August 2016
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Kozo Yamamoto
Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party
	In office; 26 September 2012 – 3 September 2014
President	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Kosuke Hori
Succeeded by	Sadakazu Tanigaki
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
	In office; 24 September 2008 – 16 September 2009
Prime Minister	Tarō Asō
Preceded by	Nobutaka Machimura (acting)
Succeeded by	Hirotaka Akamatsu
Minister of Defense
	In office; 26 September 2007 – 2 August 2008
Prime Minister	Yasuo Fukuda
Preceded by	Masahiko Kōmura
Succeeded by	Yoshimasa Hayashi
Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency
	In office; 30 September 2002 – 27 September 2004
Prime Minister	Junichiro Koizumi
Preceded by	Gen Nakatani
Succeeded by	Yoshinori Ohno
Member of the House of Representatives; for Tottori's 1st district;
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 20 October 1996
Preceded by	Constituency established
	In office; 8 July 1986 – 27 September 1996
Constituency	Tottori's at-large district
Personal details
Born	4 February 1957 (age 67); Yazu, Tottori, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party (1986–1993, 1997–present)
Other political; affiliations	Japan Renewal (1993–1994); Group of Reform (1994); Liberal Reform Union (1994); New Frontier (1994–1996); Independent (1996–1997)
Spouse	Yoshiko Ishiba
Alma mater	Keio University
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Shigeru Ishiba (石破茂, Ishiba Shigeru, born 4 February 1957) is a Japanese politician. Ishiba is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), and is the leader of the Suigetsukai party faction, and a member of the Heisei Kenkyūkai faction, which was then led by Fukushiro Nukaga, until 2011.^[1]

Ishiba served as Director General of the Japan Defense Agency under Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi from 2002 to 2004. He was Minister of Defense under Yasuo Fukuda from 2007 to 2008 and Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries under Tarō Asō from 2008 to 2009. The LDP lost government in 2009, entering Opposition.

In 2012, he sought to challenge Opposition Leader Sadakazu Tanigaki for the presidency of the LDP, but was defeated by former Prime Minister Shinzō Abe. He accepted the position of Secretary-General of the LDP on 27 September 2012. From 3 September 2014^[2] to 3 August 2016, he served in cabinet as minister overseeing regional economic revitalization and policies aimed at reversing population decline.

^ "Fukuda Cabinet launched / Changes minimized to reduce impact on Diet business". Yomiuri Shimbun'. 26 September 2007. Archived from the original on 2 March 2008.
^ "Abe keeps core intact in Cabinet shake-up". The Japan Times. 3 September 2014. Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2015.

[Launch-1] "Fukuda Cabinet launched / Changes minimized to reduce impact on Diet business". Yomiuri Shimbun'. 26 September 2007. Archived from the original on 2 March 2008.

[Japan_Times-2] "Abe keeps core intact in Cabinet shake-up". The Japan Times. 3 September 2014. Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2015.

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