Kazuya Shimba

Kazuya Shimba
榛葉賀津也
Shimba in 2022
Secretary-general of the Democratic Party For the People
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2018
Leader	Kohei Otsuka Yuichiro Tamaki Motohisa Furukawa
Preceded by	Party established
Member of the House of Councillors
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 July 2007
Constituency	Shizuoka at-large district
Personal details
Born	(1967-04-25) 25 April 1967 (age 57) Kikugawa,Shizuoka, Japan
Political party	DPP (since 2018)
Children	3[1]
Alma mater	Otterbein University

Kazuya Shimba (榛葉 賀津也, Shinba Kazuya, born April 25, 1967) is a Japanese politician, the general-secretary of the Democratic Party for the People (DPFP). He is serving as a member of the House of Councillors.

Early life

Kazuya Shimba was born in Kikugawa on April 25, 1967.[2] His father is Tatsuo Shimba, a local councilor who also served as mayor of Kikugawa.[2]

Education

He graduated from high school in Shizuoka, but went to the United States to study political science at Otterbein University in Ohio, where he earned a bachelor's degree, and then went to Israel.[2]

Political career

After returning to Japan, he became a Kikugawa assemblyman in 1994 and began his life as a politician.[2]

However, he was defeated in the 1998 Kikugawa mayoral election.[2]

In 2001, he ran for the House of Councillors with the Democratic Party of Japan and won the election, joining national politics.[2]

He focused on diplomacy and defense, serving as Vice Minister of Defense and Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs.[2]

After the dissolution of the DPJ, he joined the Democratic Party For the People and currently serves as the secretary general of the Democratic Party For the People.[2]

References

• 政治家情報 〜榛葉 賀津也〜. www.senkyo.janjan.jp ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-12-01. Retrieved 2007-11-14.

1. https://www.k-shimba.com/profile.html
2. "玉木代表と共に時の人となった国民民主党・榛葉幹事長ってどんな人？ 5歳から雨の日も牛乳配達 留学経て政治家志し｜FNNプライムオンライン". FNNプライムオンライン. 2024-11-08. Retrieved 2025-01-16.

External links

• Official website in Japanese.

House of Councillors
Preceded by Toshimi Kitazawa	Chair, Upper House Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense 2001–2002	Succeeded by Naoki Tanaka
Preceded by Toshiharu Todoroki	Chair, Upper House Special Committee on Political Ethics and Election System 2013	Succeeded by Takeshi Maeda
Preceded by Shoji Namba	Chair, Upper House Committee on Cabinet 2017	Succeeded by Yoshifumi Tuge
Political offices
Preceded by Seigo Kitamura	State Minister of Defense 2009–2010	Succeeded by Jun Azumi
Preceded by Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Ryuji Yamane	State Minister for Foreign Affairs 2012 Served alongside: Shuji Kira	Succeeded by Shun'ichi Suzuki, Masaji Matsuyama
Party political offices
Preceded by Shuji Ikeguchi	Chair, DPJ Diet Affairs Committee in the House of Councillors 2013–2015	Succeeded by Toshiyuki Kato
Preceded by Toshiyuki Kato	Chair, DPJ Diet Affairs Committee in the House of Councillors 2016–2017	Succeeded by Masayoshi Nataniya