Hidehiko Yuzaki

Hidehiko Yuzaki (湯崎 英彦, Yuzaki Hidehiko, born October 4, 1965) is a Japanese politician and 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]

Hidehiko Yuzaki
湯崎 英彦
Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture
Assumed office
29 November 2009
Preceded byYūzan Fujita
Personal details
Born (1965-10-04) October 4, 1965
Saeki-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party of Japan
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo (B.L. in 1990)
Stanford University (M.B.A. in 1995)

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]

He is a member of the International Advisory Board at the Blavatnik School of Government, the University of Oxford.[5]

References
  1. "Yuzaki wins Hiroshima gubernatorial election". The Japan Times. November 9, 2009.
  2. "Alumnus Elected Hiroshima Governor". Stanford Graduate School of Business. Archived from the original on 2011-09-14.
  3. Hiroshima Prefecture’s “Global Peace” Plan
  4. "Hiroshima governor requests cooperation from U.S. officials for global peace plan" November 16, 2011
  5. "Hidehiko Yuzaki | Blavatnik School of Government". www.bsg.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
Preceded by
Yūzan Fujita		 Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture
2009–present		 Incumbent


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