Yoshitada Konoike
Hyogo 2'nd district | |
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Born | Hyogo | November 28, 1940
Died | December 25, 2018 | (aged 78)
Yoshitada Konoike (鴻池 祥肇, Konoike Yoshitada, November 28, 1940 – December 25, 2018) was a Japanese
Biography
In July 2003 Konoike caused controversy when he commented on an ongoing murder case, saying that the parents of the accused "should be paraded through the city and decapitated".
Konoike was removed from his post as deputy
Konoike was elected to the House of Councillors for his fourth consecutive term in the July 2013 election and unsuccessfully contested the ballot to replace Hirofumi Nakasone as the LDP's leader in the house. He lost the ballot to Kensei Mizote 82–31.[5]
He died on 25 December 2018 at the age of 78.[6]
Notes
- ^ "「犯罪者の親を打ち首に」 鴻池氏が問題発言" ["Decapitate the criminal's parents" Konoike's problematic comment]. 11 July 2003. Archived from the original on July 22, 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ a b "加害者か被害者か分からず 女児監禁事件で鴻池氏" ["we don't know if the girls are victims or assailants" Konoike on girls' confinement case]. 18 July 2003. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- Japan Times, May 14, 2009.
- ^ "自民・鴻池氏が兵庫県連に復帰/統一地方選前に結束" [LDP's Konoike returns to Hyogo party before regional elections] (in Japanese). Shikoku Shimbun. 31 August 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ "自民参院議員会長に溝手氏" [Mizote elected LDP Councillors' leader]. Nikkei (in Japanese). 30 July 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ LDP heavyweight Konoike dies at 78
References
- 政治家情報 〜鴻池 祥肇〜. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on October 25, 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-10.
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External links
- Official website in Japanese.