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{{Officeholder
|name=Shigeru Ishiba
|image=
|party=[[Liberal Democratic Party]]
|spouse=Yoshiko Nakamura
|religion=Protestant
|offices=
{{Officeholder/misc
	|office=Prime Minister of [[Japan]]
	|terms=1 October 2024 – 21 October 2025
	|preceded=Fumio Kishida
	|former=y
	|succeeded=[[Sanae Takaichi]]
	}}
{{Officeholder/misc
	|office=Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
	|terms=24 September 2008 – 16 September 2009
	|preceded=Seiichi Ota
	|former=y
	|succeeded=Hirotaka Akamatsu
	}}
{{Officeholder/misc
	|office=Minister of Defense
	|terms=26 September 2007 – 2 August 2008
	|preceded=Masahiko Kōmura
	|former=y
	|succeeded=Yoshimasa Hayashi
	}}
}}

'''Shigeru Ishiba''' (born 4 February 1957) is a Japanese politician serving as Prime Minister of [[Japan]] and President of the [[Liberal Democratic Party]] (LDP) since 2024. Ishiba is a Christian, specifically a Protestant. He was baptised at the age of 18 in the Tottori Church of the United Church of Christ in Japan.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/27/who-is-new-japan-prime-minister-shigeru-ishiba</ref>

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[[Category:Protestants]]
[[Category:Former Heads of Government]]
[[Category:Japanese Prime Ministers]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]