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
Constituency1:Okinawa 4th (2012–2014; 2017–present)
Kyushu PR (2014–2017)
Term Start1:19 December 2012
Predecessor1:Chobin Zukeran
Constituency2:Okinawa 4th
Term Start2:10 November 2003
Term End2:21 July 2009
Predecessor2:Constituency established
Successor2:Chobin Zukeran
Office3:Member of the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly
Constituency3:Naha City
Term Start3:1988
Term End3:2003
Birth Date:7 August 1954
Birth Place:Chinen, Okinawa, Japan
Party:Liberal Democratic
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 since 2012.

A native of Chinen and graduate of Sophia University, he was elected to the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly 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.

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