Chōbin Zukeran | |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Office: | Mayor of Nanjō |
Term Start: | 12 February 2018 |
Term End: | 12 February 2022 |
Predecessor: | Keishun Koja |
Successor: | Keishun Koja |
Office1: | Member of the House of Representatives |
Term Start1: | 30 August 2009 |
Term End1: | 16 November 2012 |
Predecessor1: | Kosaburō Nishime |
Successor1: | Kosaburō Nishime |
Constituency1: | Okinawa-4th |
Birth Date: | 24 October 1958 |
Birth Place: | Ōzato, Okinawa Islands, USCAR (now Nanjō, Okinawa, Japan) |
Nationality: | Japanese |
Party: | Independent |
Otherparty: | DPJ (2005–2012) |
Alma Mater: | University of the Ryukyus Central Washington University |
Website: | Official Twitter account |
was the mayor of Nanjō, Okinawa and a former member of the House of Representatives of Japan, representing Okinawa 4th district (southern Okinawa Island and the Sakishima Islands).[1] He was elected in the 2009 Japanese general election. He is an outspoken proponent of the removal of American bases from Okinawa.[2]
On 21 January 2018, Zukeran was elected mayor of Nanjō after defeating three-term incumbent Keishun Koja.[3] [4] He took office on 12 February. He was defeated in 2022 with Keishun Koja returning to office.[5]