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榛葉 賀津也
しんば かづや
SHIMBA Kazuya
執行役員 幹事長Executive Officer, Secretary-General
国民民主参議院· House of Councillors静岡· Shizuoka国民民主党・新緑風会· Democratic Party For the People and The Shin-Ryokufukai5 terms
Born 1967-04-25 · 静岡県菊川市(旧菊川町) (Kikugawa City (formerly Kikugawa Town), Shizuoka Prefecture)
Policy issues
Current positions
Party Positions
- 執行役員 幹事長Executive Officer, Secretary-General
- 総務会 幹事長Secretary-General of the General Council
- 災害対策本部長Director-General of the Disaster Response Headquarters
Career & history
Government Posts
- Appointed as State Minister for Foreign Affairs (Noda Third Reshuffled Cabinet)
- Reappointed as State Minister of Defense (Kan Cabinet)
- Appointed as State Minister of Defense (Hatoyama Cabinet)
Party Posts
- Appointed as Chair of the Election Strategy Committee of the Democratic Party for the People
- Appointed as Secretary-General of the (New) Democratic Party for the People
- Appointed as Secretary-General for the Democratic Party for the People in the House of Councillors and President of the Shizuoka Federation
- Assumed the presidency of the Democratic Party Shizuoka Federation and Chair of the Diet Affairs Committee in the House of Councillors
- Appointed as Chair of the Diet Affairs Committee of the Democratic Party of Japan in the House of Councillors
- Appointed as Deputy Chair of the Policy Research Committee of the Democratic Party of Japan
- Assumed the presidency of the Democratic Party of Japan Shizuoka Prefectural Federation
Committee Chairs
- Appointed as Chair of the House of Councillors Special Committee on Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake
- Appointed as Chair of the House of Councillors Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems
- Appointed as Chair of the House of Councillors Cabinet Committee
- Appointed as Chair of the House of Councillors Special Committee on Deliberative Ethics and the Electoral System
- Appointed as Chief Director of the House of Councillors Committee on Rules and Administration
- Appointed as Chair of the House of Councillors Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense
Professional Career
- Assumed the position of a corporate officer
- Elected as a member of the Kikugawa Town Council (1st term)
- Appointed as Commissioner of the professional wrestling organization 'Real Japan Pro-Wrestling'
Education
- Studied at the Graduate School (International Relations) of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel for two years
- Graduated from the Department of International Studies (and Political Science), Otterbein University in Ohio, USA
- Studied abroad at Tel Aviv University in Israel for one year while attending Otterbein University in Ohio, USA
- Graduated from Shizuoka Prefectural Kakegawanishi High School
Publications
- Published 'The Special Country Myanmar' from Fuji Social Education Center
- Published 'What Are Young Democratic Party Diet Members Thinking?' from One-Two Magazine Sha
- Published 'Future Young Local Councilors' from Gyosei
Other
- Elected to the House of Councillors in the 27th regular election (5th consecutive term)
- Elected to the House of Councillors in the 25th regular election (4th term)
- Elected to the House of Councillors in the 23rd regular election (3rd term)
- Elected to the House of Councillors in the 21st regular election (2nd term)
- First elected to the House of Councillors in the 19th regular election (Shizuoka at-large district)
- Born in Kikugawa City (formerly Kikugawa Town), Shizuoka Prefecture
Elections
Committee memberships
Offices
Diet Office
- Room
- 1011
- Phone
- 03-6550-1011
- Fax
- 03-6551-0026
参議院議員会館
参議院議員会館
掛川事務所
- Phone
- 0537-62-3355
- Fax
- 0537-62-3356
静岡県掛川市上張862-1 FGKビル
FGK Bldg., 862-1 Agehari, Kakegawa-shi, Shizuoka