Takehiko Endo Explained

Takehiko Endo
Native Name:Endo Takehiko
遠藤 武彦
Birth Date:5 October 1938
Birth Place:Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
Death Place:Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
Office:Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Primeminister:Shinzo Abe
Predecessor:Masatoshi Wakabayashi
Successor:Akira Amari
Termstart:August 27, 2007
Termend:September 3, 2007
Office1:Member of the House of Representatives
Termstart1:July 7, 1986
Termend1:June 18, 1993
Constituency1:Yamagata 1st district
Termstart2:October 21, 1996
Termend2:July 21, 2009
Constituency2:Yamagata 2nd district
Office3:Member of the Yamagata Prefectural Assembly
Termstart3:1975
Termend3:1986
Party:Liberal Democratic
Alma Mater:Chuo University

[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]

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  1. Web site: 元農相 遠藤武彦氏 死去 NHKニュース . www3.nhk.or.jp . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20191228042726/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20191228/k10012231291000.html . 2019-12-28.
  2. News: Endo to quit over subsidy scandal . . September 3, 2007 . 2007-09-03 .
  3. Web site: 元農相 遠藤武彦氏 死去 . December 28, 2019 . NHK . December 28, 2019 .