Yoshinobu Ishikawa

Yoshinobu Ishikawa
石川 嘉延
Ishikawa in 2007
Governor of Shizuoka Prefecture
In office
3 August 1993 – 17 June 2009
MonarchAkihito
Preceded byShigeyoshi Saitō
Succeeded byHeita Kawakatsu
Personal details
Born (1940-11-24) November 24, 1940
PartyIndependent
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo, Department of Law
ProfessionHead of the Civil Servant Department in the Ministry of Home Affairs

Yoshinobu Ishikawa (石川 嘉延, Ishikawa Yoshinobu; born November 24, 1940) was the governor of Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan, first elected in 1993. A native of Kakegawa, Shizuoka, formerly known as Daitō, Shizuoka, and graduate of the University of Tokyo, Department of Law, he had worked at the Ministry of Home Affairs since 1964 before being elected governor.