Yoshihiko Noda
| Yoshihiko Noda | |
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| 野田 佳彦 | |
Noda in October 2011
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| 62nd Prime Minister of Japan | |
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In office 2 September 2011 – 26 December 2012 |
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| Monarch | Akihito |
| Deputy | Katsuya Okada |
| Preceded by | Naoto Kan |
| Succeeded by | Shinzō Abe |
| Minister of Finance | |
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In office 8 June 2010 – 2 September 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Naoto Kan |
| Preceded by | Naoto Kan |
| Succeeded by | Jun Azumi |
| Senior Vice Minister of Finance | |
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In office 16 September 2009 – 8 June 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Yukio Hatoyama |
| Preceded by |
Wataru Takeshita Masatoshi Ishida |
| Succeeded by |
Motohisa Ikeda Naoki Minezaki |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
20 May 1957 Funabashi, Chiba, Japan |
| Political party |
Democratic Party (2016) (2016~) Japan New (1992–1994) Democratic (1998–2016) |
| Spouse(s) | Hitomi Noda (1992–present) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Waseda University |
| Website | Government website |
Yoshihiko Noda (野田 佳彦 Noda Yoshihiko?, born 20 May 1957) is a Japanese politician who was Prime Minister of Japan from 2011 to 2012. He is a member of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), and a member of the House of Representatives (lower house) in the Diet (national legislature). He was named to succeed Naoto Kan as a result of a runoff vote against Banri Kaieda in his party, and was formally appointed by the Emperor on 2 September 2011.
Following a severe loss for the DPJ in the December 2012 general election, Noda conceded defeat and announced his resignation as party leader. He was succeeded by Shinzō Abe as Prime Minister on 26 December 2012.
Noda was born in Funabashi, Chiba on 20 May 1957, the son of a paratrooper in the Japan Self-Defense Forces. Unlike many prominent Japanese politicians, Noda has no family connections to Nagatachō. His parents were too poor to pay for a wedding reception.
Noda graduated from Chiba Prefectural Funabashi Senior High School in 1975. He graduated from Waseda University with the B.A. degree in Political Science in 1980 and was later accepted into the prestigious Matsushita Institute. This institution was founded by Kōnosuke Matsushita (the founder of Panasonic) to groom future civic leaders of Japan. While attending the Matsushita Institute, Noda read household gas meters as a part-time job in his native Chiba Prefecture, partially in order to get to know his future constituents better in preparation for a run for office. He was first elected to the assembly of Chiba Prefecture in 1987 at the age of 29.
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