Shinjirō Koizumi
Shinjirō Koizumi ( Japanese 小泉 進 次郎 , Koizumi Shinjirō ; born April 14, 1981 in Yokosuka , Kanagawa ) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the 11th constituency of Kanagawa in Shūgiin , the lower house of the Japanese parliament , and incumbent Environment Minister .
Koizumi is a son of former Japanese Prime Minister Jun'ichirō Koizumi . After attending the affiliated elementary, middle and high schools of Kantō-Gakuin University in Yokohama , Koizumi completed his studies there at the economics faculty, followed by graduate studies at Columbia University in New York . From 2006 he conducted research at the Center for International and Strategic Studies (CSIS), a non-partisan think tank in Washington . In 2007, after his tenure as Prime Minister, he became his father's personal parliamentary secretary.
After his father's complete withdrawal from politics, he ran for his successor as a member of parliament in the 2009 Shūgiin election . He won the 11th constituency of Kanagawa clearly against Katsuhito Yokokume , the candidate of the Democratic Party (DP). In September 2013 Koizumi was appointed Parliamentary State Secretary ( daijin seimukan ) in the Cabinet Office and for Reconstruction under the second cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzō Abe . On September 11, 2019, as part of a cabinet reshuffle, he was appointed Environment Minister and State Minister for Nuclear Disaster Protection.
family
Koizumi represents like his direct ancestors Matajirō (communication minister), Jun'ya (head of the defense authority ) and Jun'ichirō ( prime minister ) the constituency of Kanagawa, in which his hometown Yokosuka is located. His older brother Kōtarō is an actor.
In August 2019, Koizumi married the presenter Christel Takigawa . His announcement that he would be the first Japanese politician to take fourteen days of paternity leave on the occasion of the expected birth of the first child in January 2020, which he plans to spread over three months, so as not to miss any important occasion, attracted media attention and discussions.
Web links
- Official Website (Japanese)
- Japanese Cabinet: 2nd Abe Cabinet, Parliamentary State Secretaries (Japanese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 政治家 の 「タ レ ン ト 妻」 過去 に も 「小泉 首相」 な ら 鳩 山 幸 氏 以来 の フ ァ ァ ス ト レ デ ィ ー . In: Sankei Shimbun . August 8, 2019, Retrieved September 15, 2019 (Japanese).
- ↑ https://taz.de/Maenner-in-Japan/!5654123/
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Koizumi, Shinjirō |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 小泉 進 次郎 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Yokosuka , Kanagawa Prefecture , Japan |