Yoshimi Watanabe

Yoshimi Watanabe
渡辺 喜美
Watanabe in 2010
Minister of State for Financial Services
In office
27 August 2007 – 2 August 2008
Prime MinisterShinzo Abe
Yasuo Fukuda
Preceded byYuji Yamamoto
Succeeded byToshimitsu Motegi
Minister for Administrative Reform
In office
28 December 2006 – 2 August 2008
Prime MinisterShinzo Abe
Yasuo Fukuda
Preceded byGenichiro Sata
Succeeded byToshimitsu Motegi
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform
In office
28 December 2006 – 27 August 2007
Prime MinisterShinzo Abe
Preceded byGenichiro Sata
Succeeded byFumio Kishida
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
26 July 2016 – 25 July 2022
ConstituencyNational PR block
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
21 October 1996 – 21 November 2014
Preceded byInaugural holder
Succeeded byKazuo Yana
ConstituencyTochigi 3rd district
Personal details
Born (1952-03-17) 17 March 1952 (age 72)
Nasushiobara, Tochigi, Japan
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
Liberal Democratic Party (1995–2009)
Your Party (2009–2014)
Nippon Ishin no Kai (2016–2019)

Yoshimi Watanabe (渡辺 喜美, Watanabe Yoshimi, born 17 March 1952) is a 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.[1]

  1. ^ "Once ousted from Diet, Watanabe makes comeback with Upper House win". The Japan Times. Kyodo. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.