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Yoshiki Yamashita
山下 芳生
Yamashita in 2025
Secretary-General of theJapanese Communist Party
In office 18 January 2014 – 11 April 2016
Chairman	Kazuo Shii
Preceded by	Tadayoshi Ichida
Succeeded by	Akira Koike
Member of theHouse of Councillors
In office 30 July 2007 – 28 July 2025
Constituency	National PR
In office 23 July 1995 – 22 July 2001
Preceded by	Knock Yokoyama
Succeeded by	Takashi Yamamoto
Constituency	Osaka at-large
Personal details
Born	(1960-02-27)27 February 1960 (age 65) Zentsūji, Kagawa, Japan
Political party	Japanese Communist Party
Alma mater	Tottori University
Website	Official website

Yoshiki Yamashita (山下 芳生,Yamashita Yoshiki; born 27 February 1960) is aJapanesepolitician who served as a member of theHouse of Councillors in theDiet (national legislature), representing theJapanese Communist Party. A native ofKagawa Prefecture and graduate ofTottori University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1995 after running unsuccessfully in 1992. He lost the seat in the 2001 re-election and then ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 2003 and 2005. In 2007, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the second time. He is known for his left-wing radicalism.

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