Yoshinobu Shimamura

Yoshinobu Shimamura
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	(1934-03-27) 27 March 1934 (age 90) Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Alma mater	Gakushuin University

Yoshinobu Shimamura (島村 宜伸, Shimamura Yoshinobu, born March 27, 1934) is a Japanese politician.

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.

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