Koji Kakizawa
Koji Kakizawa (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.
Kakizawa originally worked as a bureaucrat within the Ministry of Finance before entering politics.[1] 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 1999 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 Janaury 27, 2009, at the age of 75 at a hospital in Tokyo.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Kakizawa, ex-foreign minister, dies". Kyodo News. Japan Times. 2009-01-28. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
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