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Shigeru Ishiba

1957 - Today

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Shigeru Ishiba (born 4 February 1957) is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2024 until his resignation in 2025. He has represented Tottori 1st in the House of Representatives since 1996. Before his premiership, he was the 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. Born into the Ishiba political family in Tokyo, Ishiba graduated from Keio University in 1979. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Shigeru Ishiba is the 2,676th most popular politician (up from 15,985th in 2024), 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 2,676 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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