Aiko Shimajiri
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Aiko Shimajiri | |
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島尻 安伊子 | |
.jpg){kind=spacer} Shimajiri in 2015 | |
| Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs | |
| In office 7 October 2015 – 3 August 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | Shinzo Abe |
| Preceded by | Shunichi Yamaguchi |
| Succeeded by | Yōsuke Tsuruho |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 3 November 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Tomohiro Yara |
| Constituency | Okinawa 3rd |
| Member of the House of Councillors | |
| In office 27 April 2007 – 25 July 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Keiko Itokazu |
| Succeeded by | Yōichi Iha |
| Constituency | Okinawa at-large |
| Member of the Naha City Assembly | |
| In office 2004–2007 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 March 1965 Sendai, Miyagi, Japan |
| Party | LDP (since 2007) |
| Other political affiliations | DPJ (2004–2005) Independent (2005–2007) |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Sophia University |
Aiko Shimajiri (島尻 安伊子, Shimajiri Aiko; born March 4, 1965) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who has served as a member of the House of Councillors and the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).[1] Shimajiri was elected for the first time in 2007 and re-elected in 2010 in Okinawa Prefecture constituency.[2] Shimajiri was appointed the Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs in the cabinet reshuffle on October 7, 2015, and is one of 3 women serving in Shinzo Abe's cabinet.[3]
In an interview following her appointment as the minister of state, Shimajiri stated that she will not deal with issues regarding the construction of new U.S. military facilities in Okinawa.[4]
Shimajiri lost her Diet seat to former Ginowan, Okinawa mayor Yoichi Iha, a critic of the US military presence in Okinawa supported by a coalition of opposition parties, in the 2016 Japanese House of Councillors election. This was viewed by some analysts as a setback for the proposed relocation of Futenma.[5]
