Yoshimi Watanabe
Yoshimi Watanabe | |
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渡辺 喜美 | |
Watanabe in 2010 | |
| Minister of State for Financial Services | |
| In office 27 August 2007 – 2 August 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Shinzo Abe Yasuo Fukuda |
| Preceded by | Yuji Yamamoto |
| Succeeded by | Toshimitsu Motegi |
| Minister for Administrative Reform | |
| In office 28 December 2006 – 2 August 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Shinzo Abe Yasuo Fukuda |
| Preceded by | Genichiro Sata |
| Succeeded by | Toshimitsu Motegi |
| Minister of State for Regulatory Reform | |
| In office 28 December 2006 – 27 August 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Shinzo Abe |
| Preceded by | Genichiro Sata |
| Succeeded by | Fumio Kishida |
| Member of the House of Councillors | |
| In office 26 July 2016 – 25 July 2022 | |
| Constituency | National PR |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 21 October 1996 – 21 November 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Kazuo Yana |
| Constituency | Tochigi 3rd |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 March 1952 Nasushiobara, Tochigi, Japan |
| Political party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | LDP (1995–2009) Your Party (2009–2014) JIP (2016–2019) |
| Alma mater | Waseda University Chuo University |
Yoshimi Watanabe (渡辺 喜美, Watanabe Yoshimi; born 17 March 1952) is a former Japanese politician. He was formerly a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and later the founder of Your Party, after which he became a member of Nippon Ishin no Kai until 2019 when he then became an independent politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1996 to 2014, and returned to the Diet (national legislature) in 2016 as a member of the House of Councillors.