(1938-01-09) 9 January 1938 (age 86) Kyoto, Empire of Japan
Political party
Liberal Democratic Party
Alma mater
Kyoto University
Bunmei Ibuki as Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (2006)Ibuki with Enrique peǹa Nieto (2013)
Bunmei Ibuki (伊吹 文明, Ibuki Bunmei, born 9 January 1938)[1] is a Japanese politician.
He was born in Kyoto to a family of textile wholesalers who had operated the business since the Edo period. He graduated with a BA from Kyoto University's economics department in 1960. At Kyoto University he was a member of the tennis club. Upon graduation Ibuki became a bureaucrat at the Ministry of Finance. He was dispatched to the Japanese embassy in London in 1965, where he stayed for four years.[2]
Ibuki entered politics in 1983 at former Finance Minister Michio Watanabe's behest. He is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and has served in a variety of government positions, including Minister of Labour (1997~98) and National Public Safety Commission chairman (2000~01).[citation needed]
He was appointed Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology on 26 September 2006 as a part of Prime Minister Shinzō Abe's first cabinet. In this position, he promoted the controversial revision of the Fundamental Law of Education. He was subsequently appointed as Secretary-General of the LDP in September 2007;[3] less than a year later, he was replaced in that position by Taro Aso and was instead appointed as Minister of Finance.[4] He is known for his knowledge of finance and tax and welfare policies.[5] He held the post of Finance Minister for less than two months, however, and was replaced by Shōichi Nakagawa in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Taro Aso, appointed on 24 September 2008.[6]
On 26 December 2012, Bunmei Ibuki was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan. He presided over the day of his inauguration, the election of Prime Minister Shinzō Abe.[citation needed]
^Prime Minister of Japan official website - "Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology", retrieved 24 September 2007.
^Ibuki official website; accessed 24 September 2007. (in Japanese)
^"Fukuda appoints Ibuki as secretary-general, Tanigaki as policy chief"[permanent dead link], Mainichi Daily News, 24 September 2007.
^"Fukuda overhauls Cabinet / LDP executive shakeup also elevates Aso to party No. 2" Archived 2008-10-16 at archive.today, The Yomiuri Shimbun, 2 August 2008.
^Japan Times, "Fukuda's new lineup", 3 August 2008.
^"Aso elected premier / Announces Cabinet lineup himself; poll likely on Nov. 2" Archived 2008-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, The Yomiuri Shimbun, 25 September 2008.
BunmeiIbuki (伊吹 文明, IbukiBunmei, born 9 January 1938) is a Japanese politician. He was born in Kyoto to a family of textile wholesalers who had operated...
fellow LDP representatives Hakuo Yanagisawa, Fumio Kyuma, Sanae Takaichi, BunmeiIbuki, and Jinen Nagase. He is a member of the Japan–Korea Parliamentarians'...
Cabinet, sworn in on 26 September 2007. He was replaced in that post by BunmeiIbuki on 1 August 2008. Nukaga was reelected in the August 2009 House of Representatives...
National Commission on Public Safety Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) BunmeiIbuki Former Secretary General of LDP Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Ichirō...
interest corporation certified by the government. In the answer from BunmeiIbuki, the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology,...
Liberal Democratic Party Takeo Hiranuma, Party for Future Generations BunmeiIbuki, Liberal Democratic Party Masahiro Imamura, Liberal Democratic Party...
office 24 December 2014 – 21 April 2015 Monarch Akihito Preceded by BunmeiIbuki Succeeded by Tadamori Oshima Chief Cabinet Secretary In office 26 September...
Minister Shinzo Abe, Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan BunmeiIbuki, Minister of Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida etc.. On 29 April 2018, the...
Hyōgo's 10th District 2000–present Incumbent Political offices Preceded by BunmeiIbuki Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan...
Party Notes 1996 BunmeiIbuki Liberal Democratic 2000 2003 2005 2009 Tomoyuki Taira [ja] Democratic Independent Your 2012 BunmeiIbuki Liberal Democratic...
results in Kyoto District Incumbent Party Status Elected Member Kyōto 1 BunmeiIbuki LDP Retired LDP hold Yasushi Katsume Kyōto 2 Seiji Maehara DPFP Reelected...
Supreme Advisor - Shinzō Abe (Prime Minister of Japan) Supreme Advisor - BunmeiIbuki (Speaker of the Japanese House of Representatives) Supreme Advisor -...
Minister Junichiro Koizumi Preceded by Nariaki Nakayama Succeeded by BunmeiIbuki Member of the House of Councillors In office 26 July 2010 – 25 July 2016...
Global Information
