Hidehiko Yuzaki

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Hidehiko Yuzaki (湯崎 英彦 Yuzaki Hidehiko, born October 4, 1965) is the current governor of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. He was elected on November 8, 2009 on behalf of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan. Prior to that, served in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry.[1] Yuzaki earned his M.B.A. from Stanford University in 1995.[2]

As governor of Hiroshima, he tried to forge new initiatives in the field of nuclear disarmament. On November 4, 2011, he announced a new plan to formulate a road map for nuclear abolition through the cooperation of former government officials. The project is titled Hiroshima for Global Peace.[3] In the same month, he visited Washington DC and met US National Security Council member Laura Holgate in order to enlist the cooperation of the US government.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Yuzaki wins Hiroshima gubernatorial election". The Japan Times. November 9, 2009. 
  2. ↑ "Alumnus Elected Hiroshima Governor". Stanford Graduate School of Business. 
  3. ↑ Hiroshima Prefecture’s “Global Peace” Plan
  4. ↑ "Hiroshima governor requests cooperation from U.S. officials for global peace plan" November 16, 2011

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Preceded by
Yūzan Fujita		 Governors of Hiroshima Prefecture
2009–present 		Incumbent


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