Shiro Suzuki (politician)

In this Japanese name, the surname is Suzuki.

Shiro Suzuki (鈴木 史朗, born July 16, 1967), is a Japanese politician serving as the mayor of Nagasaki, the capital city of Nagasaki Prefecture.^[2]

Shiro Suzuki
鈴木 史朗
Mayor of Nagasaki
Incumbent
Assumed office April 26, 2023
Preceded by	Tomihisa Taue
Personal details
Born	(1967-07-16) July 16, 1967 (age 58) Nagasaki, Japan
Political party	Independent[1]
Alma mater	University of Tokyo
Website	suzuki46.jp

Education and Career

After graduating from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law, Shiro Suzuki joined the former Ministry of Transport in 1991. Suzuki completed his graduate studies at London School of Economics and Political Science (1998), The George Washington University Law School (2007), The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University (2008).^{[citation needed]}

He left the current Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Tourism in December 2022 to run for the Mayor of Nagasaki. On April 26, 2023, Shiro Suzuki became the 36th Mayor of Nagasaki. His grandfather, Tsutomu Tagawa (田川 務) was also the Mayor of Nagasaki during 1951 - 1967. Tagawa was a lawyer.^{[citation needed]}

Controversy

On 2 August 2024, Suzuki announced that Israeli ambassador Gilad Cohen was not invited to the ceremony marking the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki due to concerns over potential protests related to the Gaza war. In response, the ambassadors of the United States and the United Kingdom chose not to attend the event on 9 August and sent lower-ranked diplomats instead.^[3] The ambassadors of Russia and Belarus were also not invited to the ceremony, while the Palestinian ambassador was invited.^[4]