Zenkichi_Kojima

Zenkichi Kojima

Zenkichi Kojima

Japanese mayor


Zenkichi Kojima (小嶋 善吉, Kojima Zenkichi, born May 30, 1947 in Gifu Prefecture) was the mayor of Shizuoka City in Japan until April, 2011, when he was succeeded by Nobuhiro Tanabe. A graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was first elected mayor in 1998 after serving in the assembly of Shizuoka Prefecture for three terms. He served as the first mayor of Shizuoka City after Shizuoka's merger with Shimizu in 2003.

In 1971, after college, he went to work at the Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank (now Mizuho Bank) where he stayed until 1979. In 1979 he was elected to the Shizuoka Prefectural Assembly.

References

  • 政治家情報 〜小嶋 善吉〜. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved December 10, 2007. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
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