Kazuyoshi Kaneko | |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Office: | Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism |
Primeminister: | Tarō Asō |
Term Start: | 29 September 2008 |
Term End: | 16 September 2009 |
Predecessor: | Nariaki Nakayama |
Successor: | Seiji Maehara |
Office2: | Minister of State for Regulatory Reform |
Primeminister2: | Junichiro Koizumi |
Term Start2: | 22 September 2003 |
Term End2: | 27 September 2004 |
Predecessor2: | Nobuteru Ishihara |
Successor2: | Seiichiro Murakami |
Office3: | Member of the House of Representatives |
Constituency3: | Gifu 2nd (1986–1996) Tōkai PR (1996–2000; 2003–2005) Gifu 4th (2000–2003; 2005–2017) |
Term Start3: | 6 July 1986 |
Term End3: | 28 September 2017 |
Predecessor3: | Multi-member district |
Successor3: | Shunpei Kaneko |
Birth Date: | 1942 12, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Takayama, Gifu, Japan |
Parents: | Ippei Kaneko (father) |
Children: | Shunpei Kaneko |
Party: | Liberal Democratic |
Alma Mater: | Keio University |
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
A native of Takayama, Gifu and graduate of Keio University, his father is former minister of finance, Ippei Kaneko.[1]
Kaneko was elected to the Diet for the first time in 1986. In September 2008 he was appointed Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and succeeded Nariaki Nakayama in the post.