Ikuo Kabashima

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Ikuo Kabashima

Ikuo Kabashima ( Japanese 蒲 島 郁 夫 , Kabashima Ikuo ; born January 28, 1947 in Yamaga , Kumamoto Prefecture ) is a Japanese political scientist, politician and since 2008 non-party governor of Kumamoto.

Life

After graduating from high school in 1965, Kabashima initially worked for the local agricultural cooperative . In 1968 he was sent to the USA as an "agricultural trainee" ( nōgyō kenshūsei ). In 1974 he graduated from the University of Nebraska Faculty of Agriculture . There he then earned a Masters in Agricultural Economics , then in 1979 a PhD in Political Economy at Harvard University .

After that, Kabashima taught at the University of Tsukuba , from 1977 at the Political Science Institute of the Law Faculty of the University of Tokyo . In between he made guest appearances at the Universities of Washington, Princeton and, from 2007, at the Prefectural University of Kumamoto .

In 2008, Kabashima left Tokyo University and applied to succeed Governor Yoshiko Shiotani , who was not running for a third term. Against four other candidates, including the Democratic Party- supported Takayuki Kamakura, and with the support of the farmers' association Nōseiren ( 農業 者 農 政 運動 組織 連 盟 , nōgyōsha nōsei undō soshiki renmei ), he won the election on March 23, 2008. Unlike his predecessor posed he opposed the construction of a controversial dam on Kawabe , which was finally abandoned by the Hatoyama cabinet in 2009 . In the 2012 gubernatorial election , Kabashima was re-elected as an all-party candidate (excluding communists) for a second term. He won his third election in 2016 with a two-thirds majority against Seishi Kōyama , the former mayor of Kumamoto City , and a communist candidate. A few weeks later, the Kumamoto earthquake occurred , the management of which initially largely determined his third term in office. He won the 2020 gubernatorial election with a two-thirds majority, this time against Seishi Kōyama as the only challenger.

Fonts

  • 政治 参加 Publishing University of Tokyo 1988.
  • 政 権 交代 と 有 権 者 の 態度 変 容 Bokutakusha 1998. ISBN 483322237X .
  • 戦 後 政治 の 軌跡 ―― 自民党 シ ス テ ム の 形成 と 変 容 Iwanami Shoten 2004. ISBN 400023644X .
  • 逆境 の 中 に こ そ 夢 が あ る Kōdansha 2008. ISBN 978-4062146197 .

Works

  • 運 命 ―― 農奴 か ら 東 大 教授 ま で の 物語 Mikasa Shobō 2004. ISBN 4837921191 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 熊 本 県> 熊 本 県 知事 選 挙 . In: 選 挙 ド ッ ト コ ム perpendicular dot com . イ チ ニ 株式会社 Ichi-ni KK , English イ チ ニ Inc. , March 23, 2008, accessed on July 9, 2020 (Japanese).
  2. ^ Kumamoto governor against dam. Public won't give in to 42-year effort to block Kawabe River, Kabashima tells government. In: The Japan Times . September 12, 2008, accessed December 20, 2009 .
  3. ↑ 熊 本 県 知事 選 、 蒲 島 氏 が ３ 選 新 顔 ２ 人 を 大 差 で 破 る . In: Asahi Digital . March 27, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2017 (Japanese).
  4. ^ Incumbent Kumamoto governor wins re-election for third term. In: The Japan Times . March 27, 2016, accessed on March 22, 2017 .
  5. ↑ incumbent governor who pushed Kumamon mascot returned for third term. In: The Japan Times . March 27, 2016, accessed on March 22, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Kabashima, Ikuo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 蒲 島 郁 夫 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese political scientist and politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Yamaga