Kōki Ishii
| Kōki Ishii | |
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| Member of the House of Representatives | |
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In office 1993–2002 |
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| Succeeded by | Yoko Komiyama |
| Constituency | Tokyo's 6th district (Elected 3rd) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 6, 1940 Setagaya, Tokyo |
| Died | October 25, 2002 (aged 61) Setagaya, Tokyo |
| Political party | Democratic Party of Japan |
| Spouse(s) | Natasha Ishii |
| Website | Memorial blog |
Kōki Ishii (石井 紘基 Ishii Kōki, November 6, 1940 – October 25, 2002) was a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) born in Setagaya, Tokyo. A lifelong reformist, he was murdered under suspicious circumstances.
Ishii graduated from Chuo University, where he studied the legal educations and the graduate school of Waseda University. During the student time, he has participated in Student activism. Ishii lived in the Soviet Union for 6 years as an international student to Lomonosov Moscow State University, following the recommendation by Yasushi Akutagawa, Representative of Japan-Soviet Union Youth Friendship Committee at that time. There he majored theory of state and law under the guidance of Professor A. Y. Denisov and earned a doctorate in philosophy.
After coming back from Moscow, Ishii started his political activity at the Socialist Democratic Federation (Japan) (SDF). In 1992 he defected from the SDF, entered the Japan New Party and was elected to the House of Representatives of Japan in 1993. Ishii was the Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Management and Coordination Agency under Prime Minister Tsutomu Hata.
Even though he was elected from Japan New Party, Ishii broke with Morihiro Hosokawa and did not enter the New Frontier Party. After being the member of the Liberal League and the New Party Sakigake, Ishii participated in the formation of the DPJ in 1996.
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