Shigeru Ishiba, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Japanese politician
Date of Birth: 04-Feb-1957
Place of Birth: Yazu, Tottori Prefecture, Japan
Profession: politician
Nationality: Japan
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
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About Shigeru Ishiba
- Shigeru Ishiba (?? ?, Ishiba Shigeru, born 4 February 1957) is a Japanese politician.
- Ishiba is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and of Heisei-Kenkyukai (part of the party faction led by Fukushiro Nukaga) until 2011.
- He was Director General of the Japan Defense Agency from 2002-2004, Minister of Defense from 2007 to 2008 and was also Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
- The LDP lost government in 2009, and in 2012 after challenging for the presidency of the LDP and losing to Shinzo Abe he accepted the position of Secretary-General of the LDP on 27 September 2012.
- Since 3 September 2014 he has served in cabinet as minister overseeing regional economic revitalization and policies aimed at reversing population decline.
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