Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda Political party Democratic Party Name Koichiro Genba Education Sophia University Succeeded by Fumio Kishida | Preceded by Koriki Jojima Preceded by Takeaki Matsumoto Alma mater Sophia University Role Japanese Politician Party Democratic Party of Japan | |
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Born 20 May 1964 (age 59)
Tamura, Fukushima, Japan ( 1964-05-20 ) Similar People Naoto Kan, Ichiro Ozawa, Yukio Hatoyama, Kazuhiro Soda | ||
Foreign minister gemba s visit to the united states december 18 20 2011
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.