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Shigeru Ishiba

1957 - Today

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Shigeru Ishiba (born 4 February 1957) is a Japanese politician who has served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) since 2024. He has been a member of the House of Representatives since 1986 and served as Minister of Defense from 2007 to 2008 and Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from 2008 to 2009, as well as secretary-general of the LDP from 2012 to 2014. Ishiba was born into a political family, with his father, Jirō Ishiba, serving as governor of Tottori Prefecture from 1958 to 1974 before later becoming the Minister for Home Affairs. After graduating from Keio University, Ishiba worked at a bank before entering politics after his father's death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shigeru Ishiba is the 2,677th most popular politician (up from 15,993rd in 2019), the 109th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,480th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Shigeru Ishiba ranks 2,677 out of 19,576. Before him are Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt, Abgar V, Ricimer, Jehoahaz of Judah, Shah Jahan II, and Mithridates I of Parthia. After him are Kārlis Ulmanis, Frederick IV, Elector Palatine, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, Emperor Higashiyama, Gustav Bauer, and James Francis Edward Stuart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Shigeru Ishiba ranks 20. Before him are Caroline, Princess of Hanover, Christopher Lambert, Adrian Smith, Sid Vicious, Aki Kaurismäki, and Fumio Kishida. After him are Frances McDormand, Greg Abbott, Frank Miller, Melanie Griffith, Mukesh Ambani, and William Kaelin Jr..

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shigeru Ishiba ranks 109 out of 6,245. Before him are Tadamichi Kuribayashi (1891), Fumio Kishida (1957), Kiichiro Toyoda (1894), Emperor Sakuramachi (1720), Emperor Nakamikado (1702), and Leo Esaki (1925). After him are Emperor Higashiyama (1675), Tameo Ide (1908), Chiune Sugihara (1900), Hasekura Tsunenaga (1571), Joan Fontaine (1917), and Yasuo Fukuda (1936).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Shigeru Ishiba ranks 33. Before him are Empress Go-Sakuramachi (1740), Tokugawa Hidetada (1579), Himiko (175), Fumio Kishida (1957), Emperor Sakuramachi (1720), and Emperor Nakamikado (1702). After him are Emperor Higashiyama (1675), Yasuo Fukuda (1936), Prince Shōtoku (574), Eisaku Satō (1901), Emperor Nintoku (290), and Emperor Kōshō (-505).

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