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Kōichirō Genba

1964 - Today

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Kōichirō Genba (玄葉 光一郎, Genba Kōichirō; born 20 May 1964) is a Japanese politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2011 to 2012. He is a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet, and was a member to the Democratic Party of Japan and its successor Democratic Party until its merger in 2018. He left the party briefly before the merger, and joined the Group of Independents House of Representatives caucus of other former Democrats a few days later. A native of Tamura, Fukushima and graduate of Sophia University, he was later accepted into the prestigious Matsushita Institute of Government and Management, an institution founded by Panasonic founder Konosuke Matsushita which grooms future civic leaders of Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Kōichirō Genba is the 18,899th most popular politician (down from 18,422nd in 2024), the 3,044th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,261st in 2019) and the 362nd most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kōichirō Genba ranks 18,899 out of 19,576. Before him are Li Andersson, Huma Abedin, Lisa Paus, Franck Riester, Mark Drakeford, and Mahamoud Ali Youssouf. After him are Tomislav Tomašević, Konstantina Kouneva, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, Timoci Bavadra, Hamada Madi, and Rashida Tlaib.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Kōichirō Genba ranks 959. Before him are Per Sætersdal, José Pintos Saldanha, Alena V. Ledeneva, Maeve Quinlan, Lisa Wilcox, and Ma Yanhong. After him are Dean Saunders, Konstantina Kouneva, Larisa Peleshenko, Jules Onana, Jaana Savolainen, and Francisco Liaño.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kōichirō Genba ranks 3,044 out of 6,245. Before him are Masao Sugimoto (1967), Hajime Tabata (1971), Yoshiteru Yamashita (1977), Yoshiharu Ueno (1973), Yoichiro Kakitani (1990), and Maiko Nasu (1984). After him are Ayane Sakura (1994), Hideo Hashimoto (1979), Ken Ishii (1970), Shin Tanada (1969), Takanori Gomi (1978), and Hikari Nakade (1988).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Kōichirō Genba ranks 362. Before him are Tōru Hashimoto (1969), Shinjirō Koizumi (1981), Seiko Hashimoto (1964), Taro Yamamoto (1974), Kenji Ogiwara (1969), and Joe Lombardo (1962). After him are Princess Yōko of Mikasa (1983), Aki Takayama (1970), Yuichiro Hata (1967), Manabu Horii (1972), Kotaro Kiyooka (2001), and Diana DeGette (1957).

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