Yukio Edano

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Yukio Edano
枝野 幸男
Edano in 2024
Leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party
In office 2 October 2017 – 12 November 2021
Deputy	Akira Nagatsuma
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Kenta Izumi
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
In office 12 September 2011 – 26 December 2012
Prime Minister	Yoshihiko Noda
Preceded by	Yoshio Hachiro
Succeeded by	Toshimitsu Motegi
Chief Cabinet Secretary
In office 4 January 2011 – 2 September 2011
Prime Minister	Naoto Kan
Preceded by	Yoshito Sengoku
Succeeded by	Osamu Fujimura
Minister of State for Government Revitalisation
In office 27 June 2011 – 2 September 2011
Prime Minister	Naoto Kan
Preceded by	Renhō
Succeeded by	Renhō
In office 10 February 2010 – 8 June 2010
Prime Minister	Yukio Hatoyama
Preceded by	Yoshito Sengoku
Succeeded by	Renhō
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
In office 14 January 2011 – 2 September 2011
Prime Minister	Naoto Kan
Preceded by	Sumio Mabuchi
Succeeded by	Tatsuo Kawabata
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 7 March 2011 – 9 March 2011
Prime Minister	Naoto Kan
Preceded by	Seiji Maehara
Succeeded by	Takeaki Matsumoto
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 July 1993
Constituency	Saitama-5th (2000–present) Kita-Kantō PR (1996–2000) Saitama-5th (1993–1996)
Personal details
Born	(1964-05-31) 31 May 1964 (age 60) Utsunomiya, Japan
Political party	CDP
Other political affiliations	JNP (1992–1994) NPS (1994–1998) DPJ (1998–2016, merger) DP (2016–2017, split)
Spouse	Kazuko Edano
Children	2
Alma mater	Tohoku University
Website	www.edano.gr.jp

Yukio Edano (枝野 幸男, Edano Yukio, born 31 May 1964) is a Japanese politician who served as the leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan from its formation in 2017 until 2021.^[1]

He has served in various significant political roles, including the 3rd Policy Research Council Chairperson of the former Democratic Party of Japan, the 6th Policy Research Council Chairperson of the Democratic Party, the 140th Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs, the 16th Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Minister of State for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation, the inaugural Secretary-General of the Democratic Party for the People, the inaugural leader of the former Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, the inaugural leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, and the Chairperson of the House of Representatives Committee on Audit and Oversight of Administration.

He was elected to parliament in the 1993 Japanese general election under the Japan New Party, and served briefly in the governments of Morihiro Hosokawa, Tsutomu Hata, Tomiichi Murayama, and the first Ryutaro Hashimoto cabinet before leaving the New Party Sakigake to join the Democratic Party in 1998. He then held various roles inside the party, and upon the group's landslide victory in the 2009 election, served roles in all three opposition cabinets. He was a major part of the response to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.^[2][3]

Following the defeat of the Democratic Party in 2012, he held his seat in parliament, and joined the various opposition groups that formed around the time, including the 2016 form of the Democratic Party.^[4] With his attempt to join Kibō no Tō being blocked by Yuriko Koike's refusal to let liberal members of the former Democratic Party inside the group, he left to form the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan for liberal factions of the former party, which he led to a surprising second place finish in the 2017 Japanese general election.^[5][6]

Following the CDP's poor performance in the 2021 general election, Edano announced on 2 November his intention to resign as leader of the party, triggering a leadership election.^[7]