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Yukio Edano

1964 - Today

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Yukio Edano (枝野 幸男, Edano Yukio; born 31 May 1964) is a Japanese politician who served as the leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan from its formation in 2017 until 2021. He has served in various significant political roles, including the 3rd Policy Research Council Chairperson of the former Democratic Party of Japan, the 6th Policy Research Council Chairperson of the Democratic Party, the 140th Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs, the 16th Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Minister of State for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation, the inaugural Secretary-General of the Democratic Party for the People, the inaugural leader of the former Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, the inaugural leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, and the Chairperson of the House of Representatives Committee on Audit and Oversight of Administration. He was elected to parliament in the 1993 Japanese general election under the Japan New Party, and served briefly in the governments of Morihiro Hosokawa, Tsutomu Hata, Tomiichi Murayama, and the first Ryutaro Hashimoto cabinet before leaving the New Party Sakigake to join the Democratic Party in 1998. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Yukio Edano is the 17,473rd most popular politician (down from 16,856th in 2024), the 2,042nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,666th in 2019) and the 351st most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yukio Edano ranks 17,473 out of 19,576. Before him are Nina Rocheva, Timothy Geithner, Patrick Manning, Anastase Murekezi, Susan Rice, and Luciana Lamorgese. After him are Chris Dodd, Sprent Dabwido, Andriy Biletsky, Siv Jensen, Norbert Röttgen, and Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Yukio Edano ranks 524. Before him are Rockwell, Gloria Reuben, Cécile Kyenge, Park Joo-bong, William Tanui, and Susan Rice. After him are Sabu, Jim Lee, Michael Frontzeck, Anfisa Reztsova, Robert Duncan McNeill, and Oleh Skrypka.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yukio Edano ranks 2,042 out of 6,245. Before him are Dai Takeda (1989), Junko Ozawa (1973), Kenji Tanaka (1983), Yutaka Akita (1970), Yua Mikami (1993), and Toshihiro Yamaguchi (1971). After him are Hidetoshi Nishijima (1971), Sabu (1964), Hitoshi Nakata (1962), Yugo Iiyama (1986), Koichi Hirono (1980), and Katsumi Oenoki (1965).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Yukio Edano ranks 351. Before him are Shidzue Katō (1897), Tomomi Inada (1959), Seiji Maehara (1962), Tarō Kōno (1963), Kinuko Tanida (1939), and Hiroshi Abe (1958). After him are Renhō (1967), Seiko Noda (1960), Itsunori Onodera (1960), Hirofumi Yoshimura (1975), Tōru Hashimoto (1969), and Shinjirō Koizumi (1981).

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