Kōichirō Genba

Kōichirō Genba
玄葉 光一郎
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Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 February 2015
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Koriki Jojima
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 2 September 2011 – 26 December 2012
Prime Minister	Yoshihiko Noda
Preceded by	Takeaki Matsumoto
Succeeded by	Fumio Kishida
Personal details
Born	(1964-05-20) 20 May 1964 Tamura, Fukushima, Japan
Political party	Democratic Party
Alma mater	Sophia University

Kōichirō Genba (玄葉 光一郎, Genba Kōichirō, born 20 May 1964) is a Japanese politician and the former Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2011 to 2012. He belongs to the Democratic Party of Japan and is a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. 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 of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda.

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
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
	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