Kazuo Shii

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name = Kazuo Shii


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office = Chair of Japanese Communist Party
term_start = November 24, 2000
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office2 = Member of the House of Representatives
term_start2 = July 18, 1993
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birth_date = Birth date and age|1954|7|29|mf=y
birth_place = Yotsukaido, Chiba
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party = Japanese Communist Party
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alma_mater = Tokyo University
occupation = Politician
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website = [http://www.shii.gr.jp/ shii.gr.jp]
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Kazuo Shii (志位 和夫 "Shii Kazuo") (born 29 July 1954) is a Japanese politician and chairman of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP).

Early life

Shii was born Yotsukaido in Chiba Prefecture. He graduated from the Department of Psycial Engineering at Tokyo University. He joined the JCP during his first year at the University and became an active participant in the party's student wing.

Political career

In 1990 Shii became the head of the Seceteriat and was elected as a member of the House of Representatives in 1993. At the party congress in 2000 Shii was elected as party leader.