Koichi Kato (politician, born 1939)
Koichi Kato | |
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加藤 紘一 | |
Kato in 1985 | |
| Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party | |
| In office October 1995 – July 1998 | |
| President | Ryutaro Hashimoto |
| Preceded by | Hiroshi Mitsuzuka |
| Succeeded by | Yoshirō Mori |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary | |
| In office 5 November 1991 – 12 December 1992 | |
| Prime Minister | Kiichi Miyazawa |
| Preceded by | Misoji Sakamoto |
| Succeeded by | Yōhei Kōno |
| Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency | |
| In office 1 November 1984 – 22 July 1986 | |
| Prime Minister | Yasuhiro Nakasone |
| Preceded by | Kurihara Yoshiyuki |
| Succeeded by | Kurihara Yoshiyuki |
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political affairs) | |
| In office 8 December 1978 – 17 July 1980 | |
| Prime Minister | Masayoshi Ōhira |
| Preceded by | Yoshirō Mori |
| Succeeded by | Riki Kawara |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 10 November 2003 – 16 November 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Riichiro Chikaoka |
| Succeeded by | Juichi Abe |
| Constituency | Yamagata 3rd |
| In office 10 December 1972 – 9 April 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Masanosuke Ikeda |
| Succeeded by | Jun Saito |
| Constituency | Yamagata 2nd (1972–1996) Yamagata 4th (1996–2002) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 June 1939 |
| Died | 9 September 2016 (aged 77) Tokyo, Japan |
| Party | Liberal Democratic |
| Children | 3, including Ayuko |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo Harvard University |
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Koichi Kato (加藤 紘一, Katō Kōichi; 17 June 1939 – 9 September 2016) was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party who held a seat in the House of Representatives in the National Diet for 13 terms between 1972 and 2012. Kato was elected to several districts in Yamagata Prefecture and served as the Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency from 1984 to 1986 and Chief Cabinet Secretary from 1991 to 1992. Kato was a leading member of the Kōchikai faction of the LDP aligned with Prime Ministers Masayoshi Ōhira, Zenkō Suzuki, and Kiichi Miyazawa. Kato lost his seat at the December 2012 general election, and his daughter Ayuko Kato was elected to the seat at the 2014 general election.