Kōichirō Genba
玄葉 光一郎
142nd Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
2 September 2011 – 26 December 2012
Prime MinisterYoshihiko Noda
Preceded byTakeaki Matsumoto
Succeeded byFumio Kishida
Member of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
18 July 1993
Preceded byHiroyuki Arai
Constituency
Member of the Fukushima Prefectural Assembly
In office
1991–1993
Personal details
Born (1964-05-20) 20 May 1964
Tamura, Fukushima, Japan
Political partyCDP
Other political
affiliations
Alma materSophia University (LL.B.)
WebsiteOfficial website
Clinton and Gemba

Kōichirō Genba (玄葉 光一郎, Genba Kōichirō, born 20 May 1964) is a Japanese politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2011 to 2012. He is a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet, and was a member to the Democratic Party of Japan and its successor Democratic Party until its merger in 2018. He left the party briefly before the merger, and joined the Group of Independents House of Representatives caucus of other former Democrats a few days later.[1][2] A native of Tamura, Fukushima and graduate of Sophia University, he was later accepted into the prestigious Matsushita Institute of Government and Management, an institution founded by Panasonic founder Konosuke Matsushita which grooms future civic leaders of Japan. Genba was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993 after serving in the assembly of Fukushima Prefecture for one term. In September 2011 he was chosen as Minister for Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda.[3]

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