Moriyuki Kato

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Moriyuki Kato ( Japanese 加 戸 守 行 , Kato Moriyuki ; born September 18, 1934 in Dairen , Kantō region , Manchukuo / Empire of Japan ; † March 21, 2020 ) was a Japanese politician . He was Governor of Ehime Prefecture from 1999 to December 2010 .

Career

Kato completed his law studies at the University of Tokyo in 1957 and then became a civil servant in the Ministry of Culture , where he worked for several years in the cultural authority and from 1988 as head of the ministerial secretariat ( daijin-kambō-chō ). From 1989 he headed the kōritsu gakkō kyōsai kumiai , the "welfare association of teachers in public schools" ( English Japan Mutual Aid Association of Public Teachers ), then the Nihon geijutsu bunka shinkōkai , the "Japanese Society for the Promotion of Art and Culture" (English Japan Arts Council ), a self-governing body of the Ministry of Culture, then from 1995 the Nihon ongaku chosakuken kyōkai , the " Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers ".

In 1999, Kato ran against incumbent Sadayuki Iga as governor of Ehime. Kato received over 420,000 votes and was able to clearly beat Iga (almost 240,000) and three other candidates. In 2003 and 2007 he was clearly confirmed in office against only one or two opposing candidates.

During Kato's tenure, 2001 included the collision of the fishing training vessel Ehime, operated by the prefecture, with a nuclear-powered submarine of the US Navy, the USS Greeneville, and the approval and use (from 2010) of MOX fuel elements in the Ikata nuclear power plant that were rejected by parts of the population ; The prefectural government received 6 billion yen in subsidies for the cooperation .

In May 2010 Kato announced that he would resign before the end of his third term in 2011, and in September 2010 he submitted his resignation to the prefecture parliament. On November 28, 2010, the former mayor of Matsuyama, Tokihiro Nakamura , was elected to succeed Kato.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.ehime-np.co.jp/article/news202003240058
  2. ↑ Governor gives '10 MOX nod, snubs foes. Ehime reactor gets go-ahead to go pluthermal. In: The Japan Times . October 14, 2006, accessed November 28, 2010 .
personal data
SURNAME Kato, Moriyuki
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 加 戸 守 行 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Dalian , Kwantung Lease Area
DATE OF DEATH March 21, 2020