Yoshio Mochizuki

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Yoshio Mochizuki
望月 義夫
Shinzō Abe
Preceded byNobuteru Ishihara
Succeeded byTamayo Marukawa
Personal details
Born(1947-05-02)2 May 1947
Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan
Died19 December 2019(2019-12-19) (aged 72)
Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Japan
Alma materChuo University

Yoshio Mochizuki (望月 義夫, Mochizuki Yoshio, 2 May 1947 – 19 December 2019) was a Japanese

Diet (national legislature), and a Minister of the Environment. A native of Shimizu, Shizuoka and graduate of Chuo University, he was elected to the first of his four terms in the city assembly of Shimizu in 1975 and to the first of his two terms in the assembly of Shizuoka Prefecture in 1991. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996 as an independent. He was affiliated to the openly revisionist organization Nippon Kaigi.[1]

Mochizuki died in office at the age of 72 on 19 December 2019.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Abe’s reshuffle promotes right-wingers" (Korea Joongang Daily - 2014/09/05)
  2. ^ "望月義夫元環境相が死去 72歳" (in Japanese). NHK. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.

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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of the Environment
2014–2015
Succeeded by