Kosaburo Nishime Explained

Kosaburo Nishime
Native Name Lang:ja
Office:Minister of Reconstruction
Term Start:4 October 2021
Term End:August 10 2022
Primeminister:Fumio Kishida
Predecessor:Katsuei Hirasawa
Successor:Kenya Akiba
Office1:Member of the House of Representatives
for Okinawa 4th District
Term Start1:19 December 2012
Term Start2:21 July 2009
Term End2:10 November 2003
Birth Date:7 August 1954
Birth Place:Chinen, Okinawa, Japan
Party:Liberal Democratic Party
Alma Mater:Sophia University

is a Japanese politician who served as Minister of Reconstruction from October 2021 to August 2022. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he also serves in the House of Representatives representing Okinawa’s 4th District since 2012.

A native of Chinen and graduate of Sophia University, he was elected to the assembly of Okinawa Prefecture for the first time in 1988 and to the Diet for the first time in 2003. His father is Junji Nishime, former governor of Okinawa Prefecture, and his brother is Junshiro Nishime, a former member of the House of Councilors in the Diet.

References