Takakazu Ishii

Takakazu Ishii ( Japanese 石井 隆 一 , Ishii Takakazu , actually 石井 一 ; born December 15, 1945 in Toyama , Toyama Prefecture ) is a Japanese politician, former civil servant and governor of Toyama since 2004.

Ishii became a civil servant in the "Ministry of Self-Government" after studying at the law faculty of the University of Tokyo , and then after the reform of the central government in 2001 in the "Ministry of General Affairs" . There he was most recently shingikan (position among the state secretaries ), head of the department for local and prefecture taxes and, from 2002, head of the Shōbō-chō , the national fire and disaster control authority.

In 2004 , Toyama Prefecture Governor Yutaka Nakaoki retired after serving 24 years. Ishii ended his civil service career and applied for his successor. His candidacy was supported by the major parties, the trade union federation Rengō Toyama and the local association of agricultural cooperatives ( JA Group ). Against only one CPJ-supported opponent, he received over 250,000 votes with a low turnout and was certainly elected, in 2008 he was confirmed in office even more clearly - again against only one Communist-supported challenger.

family

Ishii's wife is the mathematician Shihoko Ishii , who received the 1995 Saruhashi Prize , which is awarded annually to a Japanese scientist under the age of 50 who has made important contributions to the natural sciences.

Web links

• Toyama Prefecture, Governor's Office: Brief Biography (Japanese)
• National Governors' Conference: Brief Biography (Japanese)