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Takehiko Endo

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Takehiko Endo
遠藤 武彦
Endo in 2007
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
In office
27 August 2007 – 3 September 2007
Prime MinisterShinzo Abe
Preceded byMasatoshi Wakabayashi
Succeeded byAkira Amari
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
21 October 1996 – 21 July 2009
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byYōsuke Kondō
ConstituencyYamagata 2nd
In office
7 July 1986 – 18 June 1993
ConstituencyYamagata 1st
Member of the Yamagata Prefectural Assembly
In office
1975–1986
Personal details
Born(1938-10-05)5 October 1938
Yonezawa, Yamagata, Japan
Died27 December 2019(2019-12-27) (aged 81)
Yonezawa, Yamagata, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Alma materChuo University

Takehiko Endo (遠藤 武彦, Endō Takehiko, October 5, 1938 – December 27, 2019) [1] was a Japanese politician who was a member of Liberal Democratic Party, serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. On September 3, 2007, due to the financial scandal, he resigned as Minister of Agriculture just eight days after he was appointed to the post.[2] Masatoshi Wakabayashi became new Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries again.

A native of Yonezawa, Yamagata and graduate of Chuo University, he was elected to the first of his three terms in the assembly of Yamagata Prefecture in 1975 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1986. He lost his seat in 1993 but was re-elected three years later.

On December 27, 2019, Endo died in a hospital in Yamagata Prefecture from interstitial pneumonia.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "元農相 遠藤武彦氏 死去 | NHKニュース". www3.nhk.or.jp. Archived from the original on 2019-12-28.
  2. ^ "Endo to quit over subsidy scandal". The Japan Times. September 3, 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-03.
  3. ^ "元農相 遠藤武彦氏 死去". NHK. December 28, 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan
August 27, 2007 – September 3, 2007
Succeeded by