Yoshinobu Shimamura
Yoshinobu Shimamura (島村 宜伸, Shimamura Yoshinobu, born March 27, 1934) is a Japanese politician.
Yoshinobu Shimamura | |
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島村 宜伸 | |
 Official portrait, 2004 | |
| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | |
| In office 27 September 2004 – 8 August 2005 | |
| Prime Minister | Junichiro Koizumi |
| Preceded by | Yoshiyuki Kamei |
| Succeeded by | Mineichi Iwanaga Junichiro Koizumi (acting) |
| In office 26 September 1997 – 30 July 1998 | |
| Prime Minister | Ryutaro Hashimoto |
| Preceded by | Ihei Ochi |
| Succeeded by | Shoichi Nakagawa |
| Minister of Education | |
| In office 8 August 1994 – 11 January 1995 | |
| Prime Minister | Tomiichi Murayama |
| Preceded by | Kaoru Yosano |
| Succeeded by | Mikio Okuda |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 27, 1934 Edogawa, Tokyo |
| Alma mater | Gakushuin University |
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Born in Edogawa, Tokyo, he graduated from the Faculty of Politics & Economics at Gakushuin University in 1956 and then entered ENEOS, a Japanese oil company. He also worked as an aide to the Head of the Defense Agency until running successfully for the House of Representatives in 1976 as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.
He served as the Minister of Education for Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama in 1995, a Socialist administration. He was appointed the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in 1997 and served in that position until 2000 when he was defeated in his reelection campaign. He ran again in 2003 and was elected, and was once again appointed the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in 2004 by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
He opposed the Prime Minister's motion to dissolve the House of Representatives following the defeat of the government's postal privatization bill and was forced to resign in August 2005, prior to the 2005 Japanese general election.