Yoshinobu Shimamura

Japanese politician
島村 宜伸
Official portrait, 2004
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesIn office
27 September 2004 – 8 August 2005Prime MinisterJunichiro KoizumiPreceded byYoshiyuki KameiSucceeded byMineichi Iwanaga
Junichiro Koizumi (acting)In office
26 September 1997 – 30 July 1998Prime MinisterRyutaro HashimotoPreceded byIhei OchiSucceeded byShoichi NakagawaMinister of EducationIn office
8 August 1994 – 11 January 1995Prime MinisterTomiichi MurayamaPreceded byKaoru YosanoSucceeded byMikio Okuda Personal detailsBorn (1934-03-27) March 27, 1934 (age 90)
Edogawa, TokyoAlma materGakushuin University

Yoshinobu Shimamura (島村 宜伸, Shimamura Yoshinobu, born March 27, 1934) is a Japanese politician.

Overviews

With members of Murayama Reshuffled Cabinet (at the Prime Minister's Official Residence on August 8, 1995)

Born in Edogawa, Tokyo, he graduated from the Faculty of Politics & Economics at Gakushuin University in 1956 and then entered ENEOS, a Japanese oil company. He also worked as an aide to the Head of the Defense Agency until running successfully for the House of Representatives in 1976 as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.

He served as the Minister of Education for Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama in 1995, a Socialist administration. He was appointed the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in 1997 and served in that position until 2000 when he was defeated in his reelection campaign. He ran again in 2003 and was elected, and was once again appointed the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in 2004 by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

He opposed the Prime Minister's motion to dissolve the House of Representatives following the defeat of the government's postal privatization bill and was forced to resign in August 2005, prior to the 2005 Japanese general election.

External links

  • http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/koizumidaijin/040927/08shimamura_e.html
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan
1997–1998
2004–2005 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Education
1995–1996 		Succeeded by