ISHIBA Shigeru

• Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Tottori 1st District (single-seat constituency), elected 14 times


• In-House Group: Liberal Democratic Party
• Born: 4 February 1957, Chiyoda, Tokyo; raised in Tottori
• Education:
• Department of Law, Faculty of Law, Keio University

• Career:
• Mitsui Bank, Ltd.
• Secretariat, Thursday Club (faction of the Liberal Democratic Party) (LDP)
• Senior Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
• Senior Vice Minister for Defense
• Minister of State, Director-General of the Defense Agency
• Minister of Defense
• Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
• Minister in charge of Overcoming Population Decline and Vitalizing Local Economy
• Prime Minister
• Director, HR Standing Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
• Director, HR Standing Committee on Health and Welfare
• Senior Director, HR Standing Committee on Environment
• Senior Director, HR Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs
• Chair, HR Special Committee on Deregulation
• Chair, HR Standing Committee on Transport
• Chairperson, LDP Policy Research Council,
• Secretary-General, LDP
• President, LDP

• Other:
• Commended by the House of Representatives for long service (25 years) as a Member of the National Diet in May 2011