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Kazuya Shimba
Japanese politician
Kazuya Shimba (榛葉 賀津也, Shinba Kazuya, born April 25, 1967) is a Japanese politician, the general-secretary of the Democratic Party for the People (DPFP). He is serving as a member of the House of Councillors.
Kazuya Shinba was born in Ogasa District, Shizuoka. His father, Tatsuo Shinba (榛葉達夫) was served as the governor of Kikugawa.
After graduating from a high school in Shizuoka, he attended Otterbein College, Ohio and then he pursued his graduate study at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
He was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2001, after serving in the town assembly of Kikugawa, Shizuoka. In 2009, he was appointed to the post of Deputy Minister of Defence by the Minister of Defence, Toshimi Kitazawa.
- 政治家情報 〜榛葉 賀津也〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-12-01. Retrieved 2007-11-14.
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- Official website in Japanese.
| House of Councillors | ||
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| Preceded by | Chair, Upper House Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense 2001–2002 |
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| Preceded by | Chair, Upper House Special Committee on Political Ethics and Election System 2013 |
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| Preceded by Shoji Namba |
Chair, Upper House Committee on Cabinet 2017 |
Succeeded by Yoshifumi Tuge |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | State Minister of Defense 2009–2010 |
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| Preceded by | State Minister for Foreign Affairs 2012 Served alongside: Shuji Kira |
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| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Chair, DPJ Diet Affairs Committee in the House of Councillors 2013–2015 |
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| Preceded by | Chair, DPJ Diet Affairs Committee in the House of Councillors 2016–2017 |
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