Shigeru Ishiba (Japanese: 石破 茂; born 4 February 1957) is a Japanese politician serving as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) since 2024.

Mar 7, 2025 · Ishiba was a political outsider, Takaichi was an ultraconservative who could have been the LDP’s first female president, and Koizumi (the son of former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi) was known for his youth and progressive views. Thus, all three represented new directions for the party.

Nov 8, 2024 · After working as a staff member in Tanaka’s faction, he ran in the 1986 House of Representatives election for the Tottori constituency and was elected for the first time at the age of 29, making him the youngest member in the country at the time.

Oct 1, 2024 · 10 Facts About Shigeru Ishiba 1. Ishiba’s father was Tottori’s governor. Shigeru Ishiba was born in Tokyo on February 4, 1957. When he was just 1, his family moved to Tottori — Japan’s least populated prefecture — as his father, Jiro, was elected governor there.

67-year-old Ishiba was first elected to the Lower House in 1986. He was 29, making him the youngest Diet member at the time. Ishiba Shigeru in Tottori Prefecture, 1986, campaigning for Lower...

Shigeru Ishiba was born on February 4, 1957, in Tottori, Japan. He hails from a politically influential family, as his father, Jiro Ishiba, was also a member of the House of Representatives.

Sep 29, 2024 · Following his father’s death in 1981, the LDP recruited the younger Ishiba to run for a Diet seat from Tottori Province in 1986. Ishiba’s career has been marked by involvement with the...

Sep 27, 2024 · The 67-year-old veteran politician Shigeru Ishiba will replace former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, whose announcement in August that he would not be seeking the party’s top job effectively ended his three-year mandate and caught the party off guard.

Oct 1, 2024 · On September 27, Ishiba Shigeru came from behind in the second round of voting to take the LDP presidency. A look at how he arrived here and the tasks before him as he takes office and prepares...

Feb 9, 2025 · As the youngest and eldest son with two older sisters, he is a very late child, having seen his father born in 1908 at the age of 48 and his mother born in 1918 at the age of 38.