Yoshinobu Shimamura (島村 宜伸, Shimamura Yoshinobu, born March 27, 1934) is a Japanese politician.
Yoshinobu Shimamura | |
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島村 宜伸 | |
 Official portrait, 1997 | |
| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | |
| In office 27 September 2004 – 8 August 2005 | |
| Prime Minister | Junichiro Koizumi |
| Preceded by | Yoshiyuki Kamei |
| Succeeded by | Mineichi Iwanaga Junichiro Koizumi (acting) |
| In office 26 September 1997 – 30 July 1998 | |
| Prime Minister | Ryutaro Hashimoto |
| Preceded by | Ihei Ochi |
| Succeeded by | Shoichi Nakagawa |
| Minister of Education | |
| In office 8 August 1995 – 11 January 1996 | |
| Prime Minister | Tomiichi Murayama |
| Preceded by | Kaoru Yosano |
| Succeeded by | Mikio Okuda |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 10 November 2003 – 21 July 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Yoshio Udagawa |
| Succeeded by | Akihiro Hatsushika |
| Constituency | Tokyo 16th |
| In office 23 June 1980 – 2 June 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Multi-member district |
| Succeeded by | Yoshio Udagawa |
| Constituency | Tokyo 10th (1980–1996) Tokyo 16th (1996–2000) |
| In office 10 December 1976 – 7 September 1979 | |
| Constituency | Tokyo 10th |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 March 1934 Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic |
| Alma mater | Gakushuin University |
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Born in Edogawa, Tokyo, he graduated from the Faculty of Politics & Economics at Gakushuin University in 1956 and then entered ENEOS, a Japanese oil company. He also worked as an aide to the Head of the Defense Agency until running successfully for the House of Representatives in 1976 as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.
He served as the Minister of Education for Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama in 1995, a Socialist administration. He was appointed the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in 1997 and served in that position until 2000 when he was defeated in his reelection campaign. He ran again in 2003 and was elected, and was once again appointed the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in 2004 by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
He opposed the Prime Minister's motion to dissolve the House of Representatives following the defeat of the government's postal privatization bill and was forced to resign in August 2005, prior to the 2005 Japanese general election.