Banri Kaieda
| Banri Kaieda | |
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| 海江田 万里 | |
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| President of the Democratic Party of Japan | |
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In office 25 December 2012 – 14 December 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Yoshihiko Noda |
| Succeeded by | Katsuya Okada |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office 26 December 2012 – 14 December 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
| Preceded by | Shinzō Abe |
| Succeeded by | Katsuya Okada |
| Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry | |
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In office 14 January 2011 – 2 September 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Naoto Kan |
| Preceded by | Akihiro Ohata |
| Succeeded by | Yoshio Hachiro |
| Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy | |
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In office 17 September 2010 – 14 January 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Naoto Kan |
| Preceded by | Satoshi Arai |
| Succeeded by | Kaoru Yosano |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
26 February 1949 Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | Democratic Party of Japan |
| Alma mater | Keio University |
| Website | Official website |
Banri Kaieda (海江田 万里 Kaieda Banri?, born 26 February 1949, in Tokyo) is a Japanese politician who was the President of the Democratic Party of Japan between 2012 and 2014.
Kaieda was born and grew up in Suginami, Tokyo. He is named after the Great Wall of China (万里の長城 Banri no Chōjō?) as his father was a newspaper correspondent who covered China and Taiwan. He graduated from Keio University where he studied political science, English, German and Chinese. He became known as a television personality in the late 1980s and early 1990s, both in comical roles and as a serious newscaster (hosting the Saturday evening news program on TV Tokyo from 1989 to 1991).
Kaieda worked as an economic analyst and secretary to a member of the House of Councillors before winning election to the House of Representatives in the 1993 general election. He was originally a member of the Japan New Party, then formed a short-lived party following the JNP's collapse, and was one of the founding members of the Democratic Party of Japan in 1996. He retained a seat in the Tokyo proportional representation block in the 1996 general election, losing his Tokyo 1st district seat to Kaoru Yosano of the LDP. He regained his district seat in the 2000 election and 2003 election, but was forced out of the House of Representatives in the 2005 election, both losing his district seat to Yosano and failing to win a PR seat.
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