Mikio Aoki
Mikio Aoki ( Japanese 青木 幹 雄 , Aoki Mikio ; born June 8, 1934 in Taisha , Hikawa County (today: Izumo ), Shimane Prefecture ) is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), member of the Sangiin , the Upper House, and Minister. Within the party, he belonged to the Tsushima faction .
Aoki, who dropped out of Waseda University , became secretary to Shūgiin MP Noboru Takeshita - also from Shimane - in 1958 . After a brief activity as director of the Taisha fishing cooperative, he was elected to the Shimane Prefectural Parliament in 1967 for the first of five legislative terms. From 1983 to 1984 he was Vice President of the Parliament of Shimane.
In the 1986 Sangiin election , Aoki stood as a candidate for the LDP in Shimane, replacing Hisaoki Kamei , who tried to move to the House of Commons in the Shūgiin election that took place at the same time , but just missed. Aoki clearly won the Shimane constituency. In the LDP faction he participated in the establishment of the Takeshita faction , which broke away in 1987 from the Tanaka faction . He was able to defend his parliamentary mandate in 1992 , 1998 and 2004 .
In 1991 Aoki was Parliamentary State Secretary ( seimujikan ) in the Ministry of Finance , and in 1994 he took over the chairmanship of the Sangiin Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. After the 1998 election, he took over the post of general secretary of the LDP Sangiin faction. In 1999 he was appointed to the Obuchi Cabinet , where he replaced Hiromu Nonaka as Chief Cabinet Secretary and Minister for Development in Okinawa. After Obuchi's stroke, he was acting prime minister for a few days . In the subsequent 1st Mori cabinet he remained minister until July 2000. From 2004 to 2007 Aoki took over the chairmanship of the LDP in the Sangiin.
Before the Sangiin election in 2010 , he announced at short notice that he would not run for a fifth term in view of a minor stroke and hospitalization. His eldest son, Kazuhiko , won his parliamentary seat .
Web links
- Official Website (Japanese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ LDP's Aoki won't run in Upper House poll. In: The Japan Times . May 16, 2010, accessed May 16, 2010 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aoki, Mikio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 青木 幹 雄 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 8, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Taisha , Shimane Prefecture |