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Masahiko Kōmura

Diplomat · Politician

Masahiko Kōmura 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	KOMURA Masahiko · Kómura Maszahiko · Masahiko Komura · Masahiko Kómura · Masahiko Kōmura · 9 more...				[sources]
Alias	Komura Masahiko · Kómura Maszahiko · Kōmura Masahiko · Masahiko Koumura · Masahiko Kómura · 9 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Kōmura				[sources]
Birth date	1942-03-15				[sources]
Place of birth	Shūnan-shi				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Japan				[sources]
Country	Japan				[sources]
Citizenship	Japan				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Masahiko				[sources]
Last name	Kōmura				[sources]
Political association	Liberal Democratic Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q697969				[sources]
Position	Minister of Defense of Japan (2007-2007) · Minister of Justice (2001-2001) · Shūgiin (member, 2014-2017) · member of the House of Representatives of Japan				[sources]
Education	Chuo University				[sources]
Last change	2026-02-03	Last processed	2026-02-04	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Japanese politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Masahiro Kōmura Politician	child · father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Shūgiin	-	-
member of the House of Representatives of Japan	-	-

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,649

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

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories383,765

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons316,237

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

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata333,966

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions472,726

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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