Tomio Fujii

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Tomio Fujii (Japanese: 藤井 富雄, Fujii Tomio; 17 August 1924 – 11 July 2021^[1]) was a Japanese politician who served as the leader of the Komei splinter party between 1994 and 1998. In addition, he was a founding member of Komeito who served as an 11-term member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly as well as a leading figure in Komeito's Tokyo chapter.

Biography

After graduating from

In November 1998, Komeito reconsolidated under the name of New Komeito. In 2004, Fujii was appointed Komeito's highest advisor at the party's convention that year. In the 2005 Tokyo prefectural election that was held in July, he turned over his power base to the younger candidate Masami Yoshikura and retired from the political world. However, he continued to actively pursue his role as a top advisor to the party. Although the Komeito had made exceptions to its retirement age precedents^[4] for members that had served in important posts, it was still unusual for a Komeito member serving in a legislature to reach the age of 80 as Fujii had done. In September 2006, he resigned from his position as a top advisor, and moved over to working at the Komeito's Tokyo headquarters. In addition, he also became a director at the Komeito Cultural Association.

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