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is a Japanese politician who served as

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from 2011 to 2012. He is a member of the

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in the

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, and was a member to the

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and its successor Democratic Party until its merger in 2018. He left the party briefly before the merger, and joined the Group of Independents House of Representatives caucus of other former Democrats a few days later. A native of

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and graduate of

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, he was later accepted into the prestigious Matsushita Institute of Government and Management, an institution founded by

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founder Konosuke Matsushita which grooms future civic leaders of Japan. Genba was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993 after serving in the assembly of

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for one term. In September 2011 he was chosen as

in the cabinet of Prime Minister

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. Genba is part of the CDP's shadow cabinet '

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' as the shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs.

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Minister for National Policy, Minister of State for the New Public Commons, Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy, Minister for Space Policy
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