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Kōichirō Genba

1964 - Today

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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kōichirō Genba is the 18,703rd most popular politician (down from 18,451st in 2019), the 2,928th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,262nd in 2019) and the 359th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kōichirō Genba ranks 18,703 out of 19,576Before him are Eric Garcetti, Li Andersson, Huma Abedin, Lisa Paus, Franck Riester, and Mark Drakeford. After him are Tomislav Tomašević, Konstantina Kouneva, Timoci Bavadra, Isabelle Haak, Rashida Tlaib, and Sean Parnell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Kōichirō Genba ranks 830Before him are Dave Rowntree, Sam Graddy, José Pintos Saldanha, Alena V. Ledeneva, Lisa Wilcox, and Ma Yanhong. After him are Dean Saunders, Konstantina Kouneva, Larisa Peleshenko, Hisataka Fujikawa, Jillian Armenante, and Vic Chesnutt.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kōichirō Genba ranks 2,928 out of 6,245Before him are Takeshi Oki (1961), Masao Sugimoto (1967), Yoshiteru Yamashita (1977), Yoshiharu Ueno (1973), Yoichiro Kakitani (1990), and Maiko Nasu (1984). After him are Ayane Sakura (1994), Hideo Hashimoto (1979), Shin Tanada (1969), Hikari Nakade (1988), Makoto Atsuta (1967), and Airi Suzuki (1994).

Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Kōichirō Genba ranks 359Before him are Shinjirō Koizumi (1981), Seiko Hashimoto (1964), Taro Yamamoto (1974), Masahiro Tanaka (1988), Kenji Ogiwara (1969), and Joe Lombardo (1962). After him are Princess Yōko of Mikasa (1983), Aki Takayama (1970), Yuichiro Hata (1967), Manabu Horii (1972), Miyu Kato (1994), and Akiyo Noguchi (1989).