Yoshinobu Ishikawa

Yoshinobu Ishikawa
石川 嘉延
at the Shizugin Hall Euphonia
on February 15, 2007
Governor of Shizuoka Prefecture
Preceded byShigeyoshi Saito
Succeeded byHeita Kawakatsu
Personal details
Born (1940-11-24) November 24, 1940 (age 83)
Kakegawa, Japan
Political partyIndependent
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo, Department of Law
ProfessionHead of the Civil Servant Department in the Ministry of Home Affairs

Yoshinobu Ishikawa (石川 嘉延, Ishikawa Yoshinobu, born November 24, 1940) was the governor of Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan, first elected in 1993. A native of Kakegawa, Shizuoka, formerly known as Daitō, Shizuoka, and graduate of the University of Tokyo, Department of Law, he had worked at the Ministry of Home Affairs since 1964 before being elected governor.