Hajime Ishii

Hajime Ishii
石井 一
Ishii in 2011
Minister of Home Affairs
In office
28 April 1994  30 June 1994
Prime MinisterTsutomu Hata
Preceded byTsutomu Hata (acting)
Succeeded byHiromu Nonaka
Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission
In office
28 April 1994  30 June 1994
Prime MinisterTsutomu Hata
Preceded byTsutomu Hata (acting)
Succeeded byHiromu Nonaka
Director-General of the National Land Agency
In office
10 August 1989  28 February 1990
Prime MinisterToshiki Kaifu
Preceded byEiji Nonaka
Succeeded byMoriyoshi Satō
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
29 July 2007  28 July 2013
ConstituencyNational PR
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
8 July 1986  8 August 2005
Preceded byKazuhito Nagae
Succeeded byMulti-member district
ConstituencyFormer Hyōgo 1st (1986–1996)
Hyōgo 1st (1996–2003)
Kinki PR (2003–2005)
In office
29 December 1969  28 November 1983
Preceded byKazuo Nagae
Succeeded byKazuhito Nagae
ConstituencyFormer Hyōgo 1st
Personal details
Born(1934-08-17)17 August 1934
Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan
Died4 June 2022(2022-06-04) (aged 87)
Tokyo, Japan
Political partyDPJ (1998–2013)
Other political
affiliations
LDP (1967–1993)
JRP (1993–1994)
NFP (1994–1998)
GGP (1998)
Alma materKonan University
University of California, Los Angeles

Hajime Ishii (石井 一, Ishii Hajime; August 17, 1934 – June 4, 2022) was a Japanese politician who served in the Diet (national legislature) for 39 years between 1969 and 2013. A native of Kobe, Hyogo, he attended Konan University as an undergraduate and University of California, Los Angeles as a graduate and received a master's degree in political science from Stanford University. During his time in the Diet he served as the head of the National Land Agency for six months in 1989–1990 and as Minister for Home Affairs for two months in 1994.