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Yōichi Masuzoe

1948 - Today

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Yōichi Masuzoe (舛添 要一, Masuzoe Yōichi; born 29 November 1948) is a Japanese politician who was elected to the position of governor of Tokyo in 2014 and resigned in June 2016 due to the misuse of public funds. He was previously a member of the Japanese House of Councillors and served as the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare. Before entering politics, he became well known in Japan as a television commentator on political issues. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Yōichi Masuzoe is the 15,844th most popular politician (down from 15,578th in 2024), the 1,535th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,424th in 2019) and the 332nd most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yōichi Masuzoe ranks 15,843 out of 19,576. Before him are Edith of Wessex, Osred II of Northumbria, Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter, Castinus, and Yoshimasa Hayashi. After him are Richard Henry Lee, Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann, Dinesh Gunawardena, Dimitar Stanchov, Jim McGovern, Daniel Scioli, and Nader Al-Dahabi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Yōichi Masuzoe ranks 556. Before him are Hans Aabech, Damir Šolman, Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, Danuta Hübner, Zhou Xiaochuan, and Antoni Macierewicz. After him are John Blackley, Mikko Kozarowitzky, Alexei Starobinsky, Dave Cowens, Bonfoh Abass, and Bernd Franke.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yōichi Masuzoe ranks 1,534 out of 6,245. Before him are Nobuyuki Aihara (1934), Kotono Mitsuishi (1967), Hideki Kamiya (1970), Aya Kitō (1962), and Yoshimasa Hayashi (1961). After him are Kenzo Suzuki (1950), Mayumi Omatsu (1970), Junji Goto (1971), Akira Kubota (1973), Hidetoyo Watanabe (1971), Kazuya Nakai (1967), and Hitoshi Matsumoto (1963).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Yōichi Masuzoe ranks 332. Before him are Taki Inoue (1963), Toshikatsu Matsuoka (1945), Mikio Aoki (1934), Hirofumi Nakasone (1945), Isamu Sonoda (1946), and Yoshimasa Hayashi (1961). After him are Sakai Toshihiko (1871), Hisako, Princess Takamado (1953), Shōichi Nakagawa (1953), Nobuo Kishi (1959), Takashi Yokoyama (1913), and Toshimitsu Motegi (1955).

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