Kōichirō Genba

Japanese politician

Fukushima-3rd (2000–present)
Tohoku PR (1996–2000)
Fukushima-2nd (1993–1996)

Member of the Fukushima Prefectural AssemblyIn office
1991–1993 Personal detailsBorn (1964-05-20) 20 May 1964 (age 59)
Tamura, Fukushima, JapanPolitical partyCDPOther political
affiliations

LDP (1991–1995)
NPS (1995–1996)
DPJ (1996–2016, merger)
DP (2016–2018, merger)
Group of Independents (2018–2019)
Social Security (2019-2020)

Alma materSophia University (LL.B.)WebsiteOfficial website

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.^[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]

References

^ 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 Archived 2012-08-02 at archive.today", 3 September 2011, p. 3.

External links

Official website in Japanese.
Minister for National Policy, Minister of State for the New Public Commons, Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy, Minister for Space Policy

House of Representatives of Japan
Preceded by Masayoshi 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 by Hiroyuki Arai	Member of the House of Representatives for Fukushima 3rd district 2000–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Yoshito Sengoku	Minister of State for Civil Service Reform 2010	Succeeded by Renhō Murata
New office	Minister of State for the New Public Commons 2010–2011	Succeeded by Renhō Murata
Preceded by Satoshi Arai	Minister of State for National Policy 2010–2011	Succeeded by Motohisa Furukawa
Preceded by Banri Kaieda	Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy 2011
Preceded by Banri Kaieda	Minister of State for Space Policy 2011
Preceded by Takeaki Matsumoto	Minister of Foreign Affairs 2011–2012	Succeeded by Fumio Kishida
Party political offices
Preceded by Masayuki Naoshima	Policy Research Council Chairman of the Democratic Party 2010–2011	Succeeded by Seiji Maehara