Kaoru Yosano
Kaoru Yosano | |
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与謝野 馨 | |
Official portrait, 1998 | |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 18 February 2009 – 16 September 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Tarō Asō |
| Preceded by | Shōichi Nakagawa |
| Succeeded by | Hirohisa Fujii |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary | |
| In office 27 August 2007 – 25 September 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Shinzo Abe |
| Preceded by | Yasuhisa Shiozaki |
| Succeeded by | Nobutaka Machimura |
| Minister of International Trade and Industry | |
| In office 30 July 1998 – 5 October 1999 | |
| Prime Minister | Keizō Obuchi |
| Preceded by | Mitsuo Horiuchi |
| Succeeded by | Takashi Fukaya |
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political affairs) | |
| In office 7 November 1996 – 11 September 1997 | |
| Prime Minister | Ryutaro Hashimoto |
| Preceded by | Mitsuharu Warashina |
| Succeeded by | Fukushiro Nukaga |
| Minister of Education | |
| In office 30 June 1994 – 8 August 1995 | |
| Prime Minister | Tomiichi Murayama |
| Preceded by | Ryōko Akamatsu |
| Succeeded by | Yoshinobu Shimamura |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 10 November 2003 – 16 November 2012 | |
| Constituency | Tokyo PR (2003–2005) Tokyo 1st (2005–2009) Tokyo PR (2009–2012) |
| In office 23 June 1980 – 2 June 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Yoshiaki Kiura |
| Succeeded by | Banri Kaieda |
| Constituency | Former Tokyo 1st (1980–1996) Tokyo 1st (1996–2000) |
| In office 10 December 1976 – 7 September 1979 | |
| Preceded by | Yojirō Konno |
| Succeeded by | Yoshiaki Kiura |
| Constituency | Former Tokyo 1st |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 August 1938 |
| Died | 23 May 2017 (aged 78) Tokyo, Japan |
| Party | Liberal Democratic (1976–2010; 2017) |
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| Relatives | Yosano Akiko (grandmother) |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
| Website | Official website |
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Kaoru Yosano (与謝野 馨, Yosano Kaoru) (22 August 1938 – 23 May 2017) was a Japanese politician. He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the Sunrise Party of Japan and former member of the House of Representatives, serving his ninth term in the Lower House representing Tokyo's first electoral district until his defeat in the 2009 Japanese general election. He was Chief Cabinet Secretary to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe from August 2007 to September 2007, and Minister of Economic and Fiscal Policy in Tarō Asō's administration from February to September 2009.