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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 · 21 more...				[sources]
Alias	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 · Chiyoda, Tokyo				[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]
Political association	Independent politician · Japan Renewal Party · Jiyū Kaikaku Rengō · Liberal Democratic Party · New Frontier Party · 1 more...				[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	Department of Law, Faculty of Law, Keio University · 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 · www.shugiin.go.jp				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Tottori 1st District (single-seat constituency), elected 13 times

— Japanese House of Representatives Members, 2025-11-02

President of the Liberal Democratic Party from 2024 to 2025 and Prime Minister of Japan from 2024 to 2025

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-10-29

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Akira Nakamura Close Associate	father-in-law · relative	-	-
Yoshiko Ishiba Politician	spouse	1983	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the House of Representatives of Japan	2017-10-22	2021-10-14

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Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,993

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Every Politician57,736

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

US CIA World Leaders10,994

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

United States · CIA

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories384,564

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Japanese House of Representatives Members466

Current members of the Japanese House of Representatives (Shūgiin), the lower house of the National Diet of Japan.

Japan · Shūgiin

External databases

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Wikidata355,754

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions553,797

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-japan-ishiba-shigeru-prime-minister · evpo-33c901a2-9c8e-4d62-989d-8ca002fd29c5 · us-cia-japan-shigeru-ishiba-prime-minister · unprot-6e67d0e086376e88800d69c73d6e13f956811df9 · jp-shu-758a3c09a3ca7e2f8f7fba3ce79bd8d8c63e4d6c

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