Koji Kakizawa
Japanese politician
Kōji Kakizawa
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Member of the House of Councillors | |
In office
1977–1980 |
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Member of the House of Representatives | |
In office
1980–2003 |
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Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
In office
April 28, 1994 – June 30, 1994 |
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Prime Minister | Tsutomu Hata |
Preceded by | Tsutomu Hata |
Succeeded by | Yōhei Kōno |
Personal details | |
Born |
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1933-11-26
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November 26, 1933
Tokyo , Japan |
Died |
January 27, 2009
(2009-01-27)
(aged
75)
Tokyo, Japan |
Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
Spouse | Eiko Kakizawa |
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Koji Kakizawa ( 柿澤 弘治 , Kakizawa Kōji , November 26, 1933 – January 27, 2009) was a Japanese politician who served as Japan's Minister for Foreign Affairs in 1994. [1] After his death, he had been conferred as Junior Third Rank, Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun .
After graduating from the University of Tokyo , Faculty of Economics, Kakizawa worked as a bureaucrat within the Ministry of Finance before entering politics. [1] During his enrollment in the ministry, Kakizawa was transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Economic Planning Agency . He was first elected to the House of Councillors in 1977 as a member of the New Liberal Club (NLC), which is now defunct. [1] He moved to the House of Representatives of Japan beginning in 1980. [1] Kakizawa then left the NLC in order to join the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). [1]
In 1994, Kakizawa defected from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in order to help found the now-defunct Liberal Party that same year. [1] He held the post of Foreign Minister of Japan for about two months in 1994 within the coalition government of Prime Minister Tsutomu Hata . [1] Hata's government had excluded the LDP from power. [1]
Kakizawa rejoined the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in 1995. [1]
Kakizawa unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Tokyo in the 1999 election after being expelled from the LDP. [1] He continued to serve a total of seven terms within the Japanese House of Representatives until his retirement in 2003. [1]
Koji Kakizawa died of esophagus cancer on January 27, 2009, at the age of 75 at a hospital in Tokyo . [1] His son Mito Kakizawa became a member of the Diet later that year.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Kakizawa, ex-foreign minister, dies" . Kyodo News . Japan Times . 2009-01-28 . Retrieved 2022-12-24 .
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