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Yukio Edano | |
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枝野 幸男 | |
![]() Edano in 2020 | |
Leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party | |
In office 2 October 2017 – 12 November 2021 | |
Deputy | Akira Nagatsuma |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Kenta Izumi |
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry | |
In office 12 September 2011 – 26 December 2012 | |
Prime Minister | Yoshihiko Noda |
Preceded by | Yoshio Hachiro |
Succeeded by | Toshimitsu Motegi |
Chief Cabinet Secretary | |
In office 4 January 2011 – 2 September 2011 | |
Prime Minister | Naoto Kan |
Preceded by | Yoshito Sengoku |
Succeeded by | Osamu Fujimura |
Minister of State for Government Revitalisation | |
In office 27 June 2011 – 2 September 2011 | |
Prime Minister | Naoto Kan |
Preceded by | Renhō |
Succeeded by | Renhō |
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs | |
In office 14 January 2011 – 2 September 2011 | |
Prime Minister | Naoto Kan |
Preceded by | Sumio Mabuchi |
Succeeded by | Tatsuo Kawabata |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
Acting 7 March 2011 – 9 March 2011 | |
Prime Minister | Naoto Kan |
Preceded by | Seiji Maehara |
Succeeded by | Takeaki Matsumoto |
Minister of State for Government Revitalisation | |
In office 10 February 2010 – 8 June 2010 | |
Prime Minister | Yukio Hatoyama |
Preceded by | Yoshito Sengoku |
Succeeded by | Renhō |
Member of the House of Representatives | |
Assumed office 19 July 1993 | |
Constituency |
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Personal details | |
Born | Utsunomiya, Japan | 31 May 1964
Political party | CDP |
Other political affiliations | JNP (1992–1994) NPS (1994–1998) DPJ (1998–2016, merger) DP (2016–2017, split) |
Spouse | Kazuko Edano |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Tohoku University |
Website | www |
Yukio Edano (枝野 幸男, Edano Yukio, born 31 May 1964) is a Japanese politician who served as the leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan from its formation in 2017 until 2021.[1]
He was elected to parliament in the 1993 Japanese general election under the Japan New Party, and served briefly in the governments of Morihiro Hosokawa, Tsutomu Hata, Tomiichi Murayama, and the first Ryutaro Hashimoto cabinet before leaving the New Party Sakigake to join the Democratic Party in 1998. He then held various roles inside the party, and upon the group's landslide victory in the 2009 election, served roles in all three opposition cabinets. He was a major part of the response to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[2][3]
Following the defeat of the Democratic Party in 2012, he held his seat in parliament, and joined the various opposition groups that formed around the time, including the 2016 form of the Democratic Party.[4] With his attempt to join Kibō no Tō being blocked by Yuriko Koike's refusal to let liberal members of the former Democratic Party inside the group, he left to form the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan for liberal factions of the former party, which he led to a surprising second place finish in the 2017 Japanese general election.[5][6]
Following the CDP's poor performance in the 2021 general election, Edano announced on 2 November his intention to resign as leader of the party, triggering a leadership election.[7]
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