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Shigeru Ishiba

Politician

Shigeru Ishiba is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Ishiba Shigeru · Isiba Sigeru · Shigeru Ishiba · Shigeru Işiba · Şigeru İşiba · 20 more...				[sources]
Other name	Ishiba Shigeru · Shigeru Ishiba · Šigeru Išiba · ІСІБА Сіґеру · Сигэру Исиба · 8 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	石破しげる				[sources]
Birth date	1957-02-04				[sources]
Place of birth	Chiyoda-ku				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Japan				[sources]
Country	Japan				[sources]
Citizenship	Japan				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Shigeru				[sources]
Last name	Ishiba				[sources]
Title	His Excellency				[sources]
Website	www.ishiba.com · facebook.com · ishiba2024.jp · twitter.com · www.ishiba.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1335527				[sources]
Position	Deputy Director General of the Defense Agency (2001-2001) · Director General of the Defence Agency (2002-2004) · Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (2008-2009) · Minister of Defense of Japan (2007-2008) · Minister of State for Regional Revitalization (2015-2016) · 10 more...				[sources]
Education	Faculty of Law, Keio University (1975-1979) · Keio Senior High School (1972-1975) · Tottori University Affiliated Elementary School (1963-1969) · Tottori University Affiliated Junior High School (1969-1972)				[sources]
Religion	United Church of Christ in Japan				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-09-27	Last processed	2025-09-27	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Prime Minister of Japan since 2024

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-11-05

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Akira Nakamura Close Associate	father-in-law · relative	-	-
Kazuko Ishiba Close Associate	mother	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Defense of Japan	2007-09-26	2008-08-02

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Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,072

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Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,806

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Wikidata · non-official source

US CIA World Leaders11,019

An index of most national-level cabinet members in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States of America · CIA

UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs1,050

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DGACM

Every Politician58,326

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MySociety · non-official source

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Wikidata350,118

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,533

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-33c901a2-9c8e-4d62-989d-8ca002fd29c5 · unprot-cfbb322f34520141d86b430be1dbfc68d3e1e9a3 · us-cia-japan-ishiba-shigeru-prime-minister · unprot-6e67d0e086376e88800d69c73d6e13f956811df9 · us-cia-japan-shigeru-ishiba-prime-minister

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