Hidehiko Yuzaki
Native name湯崎 英彦
OfficeGovernor of Hiroshima Prefecture
MonarchAkihito
Naruhito
Term start29 November 2009
Term end28 November 2025
PredecessorYūzan Fujita
SuccessorMika Yokota
Birth date4 October 1965 (age 61)
Birth placeSaeki-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo (LLB)
Stanford University (MBA)
PartyLiberal Democratic

Hidehiko Yuzaki (湯崎 英彦, Yuzaki Hidehiko) is a Japanese politician and former governor of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan.

Early life and education

Yuzaki was born 4 October 1965, in Saeki-ku, Hiroshima. He received his B.L. degree from the University of Tokyo in 1990 and his M.B.A. from the Stanford University School of Business in 1995.[1] Yuzaki's paid job was as a part-time teacher at an after-school program to help students pass their admissions exams.[2]

Political career

Yuzaki served in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry before running for governor of the Hiroshima Prefecture.[3] He was elected governor of the Hiroshima Prefecture on 8 November 2009, as the candidate of the member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP). Yuzaki has identified cultivating a culture of entrepreneurship in Hiroshima as a top priority in his political career.[2]

As governor of Hiroshima, he tried to forge new initiatives in the field of nuclear disarmament. On 4 November 2011, he announced a new plan to formulate a road map for nuclear abolition through the cooperation of former government officials. The project is titled Hiroshima for Global Peace.[4] In the same month, he visited Washington, D.C., and met US National Security Council member Laura Holgate in order to enlist the cooperation of the US government.[5]

In the 2021 Liberal Democratic Party leadership election, Yuzaki endorsed the campaign of Fumio Kishida.[6]

Other activities

He is a member of the International Advisory Board at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford.[7] Yuzaki is a fan of American barbecue cuisine, which he states is a product of his education at Stanford.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Alumnus Elected Hiroshima Governor". Stanford Graduate School of Business. Archived from the original on 2011-09-30.
  2. ^ "Hidehiko Yuzaki: "Work Hard. It is the Only Way"". Stanford Graduate School of Business. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
  3. ^ "Yuzaki wins Hiroshima gubernatorial election". The Japan Times. 9 November 2009.
  4. ^ "Hiroshima Prefecture's “Global Peace” Plan". Archived from the original on 2020-01-25. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
  5. ^ "Hiroshima governor requests cooperation from U.S. officials for global peace plan" 16 November 2011[dead link]
  6. ^ "広島・湯崎知事「岸田氏に期待」　菅首相の退陣表明で索". Nikkei. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Hidehiko Yuzaki | Blavatnik School of Government". www.bsg.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-22.