Kazuya Shimba

Kazuya Shimba (榛葉 賀津也, Shimba Kazuya, born April 25, 1967) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Ogasa District, Shizuoka, he graduated from Otterbein College, Ohio, United States and attended Tel Aviv University and Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. He was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2001 after serving in the town assembly of Kikugawa, Shizuoka. In 2009, he was appointed to the post of Deputy Minister of Defence by the Minister of Defence, Toshimi Kitazawa.

References

• 政治家情報 〜榛葉 賀津也〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-12-01. Retrieved 2007-11-14. External link in |work= (help)

External links

• Official website in Japanese.

House of Councillors
Preceded by Toshimi Kitazawa	Chair, Upper House Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense 2001–2002	Succeeded by Naoki Tanaka
Preceded by Toshiharu Todoroki	Chair, Upper House Special Committee on Political Ethics and Election System 2013	Succeeded by Takeshi Maeda
Preceded by Shoji Namba	Chair, Upper House Committee on Cabinet 2017	Succeeded by Yoshifumi Tuge
Political offices
Preceded by Seigo Kitamura	State Minister of Defense 2009–2010	Succeeded by Jun Azumi
Preceded by Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Ryuji Yamane	State Minister for Foreign Affairs 2012 Served alongside: Shuji Kira	Succeeded by Shun'ichi Suzuki, Masaji Matsuyama
Party political offices
Preceded by Shuji Ikeguchi	Chair, DPJ Diet Affairs Committee in the House of Councillors 2013–2015	Succeeded by Toshiyuki Kato
Preceded by Toshiyuki Kato	Chair, DPJ Diet Affairs Committee in the House of Councillors 2016–2017	Succeeded by Masayoshi Nataniya