Kazuo Shii
| Kazuo Shii | |
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| 志位 和夫 | |
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| Chairman of the Japanese Communist Party | |
| Assumed office 24 November 2000 |
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| Preceded by | Tetsuzō Fuwa |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office July 18, 1993 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | July 29, 1954 Yotsukaidō, Japan |
| Political party | Japanese Communist Party |
| Alma mater | Tokyo University |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | shii.gr.jp |
Kazuo Shii (志位 和夫 Shii Kazuo?, born 29 July 1954) is a Japanese politician and chairman of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP).
Early life
Shii was born in Yotsukaido, Chiba Prefecture. He graduated from the Department of Physical Engineering at Tokyo University. He joined the JCP during his first year at the University and became an active participant in the party's student wing.
Political career
In 1990 Shii became the head of the Secretariat and was elected as a member of the House of Representatives in 1993. At the party congress in 2000 Shii was elected as party leader.
Shii became the first JCP chairman to visit South Korea, and first Japanese politician to visit the site of Seodaemun Prison. He paid tribute to the memory of Korean anti-colonial activists who were imprisoned during the period of Japanese colonialism.
Interests
Shii plays the piano. Shii claims the music is "a part of my life" and seriously considered to be a musician. When he was about to enter the university, he wrestled the choice between majoring music and physics, and chose physics in the end. Shii says his favorite composers are Franz Schubert and Dmitri Shostakovich.[1]
References
External links
- Official page (Japanese)
- Kazuo Shii on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). (Japanese)
- Interview with C.B.Liddell in Metropolis magazine
| House of Representatives of Japan | ||
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| New title Introduction of proportional representation
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Representative for the Southern Kantō PR block 1996– |
Incumbent |
| Preceded by | Representative for Chiba 1st district 1993–1996 Served alongside: Yoshihiko Noda, Masayuki Okajima, Kazuo Torii, Hideo Usui |
District eliminated |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by | JCP central committee chairman 2000– |
Incumbent |
| Preceded by | Head of the JCP central committee secretariat 1990–2000 |
Succeeded by Tadayoshi Ichida |
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