State Ministers in FY2015

H.E. Ms. Monika Grütters, German Minister of Culture, visited the Peace Memorial Museum and offered a flower wreath at the Cenotaph for the Atomic Bomb Victims on July 10, 2015.

H.E. Dr. Mamdouh Mohamed Gad Eldamaty, Minister of Antiquities of the Arab Republic of Egypt, visited Hiroshima and met with Mayor Matsui on August 10, 2015.

After the meeting Minister Eldamaty visited the Peace Memorial Museum and offered flowers at the Cenotaph for the Atomic Bomb Victims.

H.E. Mr. Md. Mashiur Rahman Ranga, State Minister of the Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, visited the Peace Memorial Museum and offered a flower wreath at the Cenotaph for the Atomic Bomb Victims on October 2, 2015.

H.E. Mr. João Baptista Kussumua, Minister of Assistance and Social Reinsertion of the Republic of Angola, visited the Peace Memorial Museum and offered a flower wreath at the Cenotaph for the Atomic Bomb Victims on October 24, 2015.

Minister Kussumua also listened to an A-bomb survivor's testimony.

H.E. Dr. Ibrahim Al-Jaafari, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iraq, visited Hiroshima and met with Mayor Matsui on November 26, 2015.

After the meeting Minister Al-Jaafari visited the Peace Memorial Museum and offered a flower wreath at the Cenotaph for the Atomic Bomb Victims.

Minister Al-Jaafari also visited an elementary school to have interactions with the students.

H.E. Dr. Debretsion Gebremichael, Ethiopian Minister of Communication and Information Technology, and H.E. Mr. Siaosi Sovaleni, Tongan Minister for Meteorology, Energy, Information, Disaster Management, Environment, Climate Change and Communications, visited Hiroshima to attend the WTIS-2015 on November 29, 2015.

They visited the Peace Memorial Museum and offered flowers at the Cenotaph for the Atomic Bomb Victims.

They also listened to an A-bomb survivor's testimony.

H.E. Mr. Celistino Bonifacio Bakale Obiang, Minister of Transport, Technology, Post and Telecommunications, Equatorial Guinea; H.E. Mr. Pastor Ngoua N'neme, Minister of Digital Economy and Post Office, Gabon; H.E. Dr. João Bernardo Vieira, Minister of Transport and Communications, Guinea-Bissau; H.E. Mr. Tjekero Tweya, Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Namibia; and H.E. Mr. Mario G. Montejo, Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology, Philippines also attended the WTIS 2015.

H.E. Mr. Eladio Loizaga, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Paraguay, visited the Peace Memorial Museum and offered a flower wreath at the Cenotaph for the Atomic Bomb Victims on March 25, 2016.

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