Yozo Ishikawa

Yozo Ishikawa
Minister of Defense
In office
28 February 1990 – 29 December 1990
Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu
Preceded by Juro Matsumoto
Succeeded by Yukihiko Ikeda
Personal details
Born 6 July 1925
Tokyo, Japan
Died 21 June 2014(2014-06-21) (aged 88)
Tokyo, Japan
Political party Liberal Democratic Party

Yozo Ishikawa (石川 要三 Ishikawa Yōzō, 6 July 1925 – 21 June 2014) was a retired lawmaker and a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He served as director general of the now-defunct Defense Agency of Japan in 1990.

Career

Ishikawa was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).[1] He was part of the group headed by Yohei Kono in the party.[2] He served at the House of Representatives.[3]

In 1983, Ishikawa was parliamentary vice minister for foreign affairs.[4] In 1984, he served as the chairman of LDP's diplomacy committee.[1] On 28 February 1990 he was appointed defense minister in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu, replacing Juro Matsumoto in the post.[5][6] Ishikawa's tenure was very brief and on 29 December of the same year he was replaced by Yukihiko Ikeda.[5] After that, Ishikawa led the LDP’s Tokyo chapter.[3]

He died on 21 June 2014 from acute respiratory failure after being hospitalized with pneumonia.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Frances Rosenbluth; Jun Saito; Annalisa Zinn (January 2007). "Japan’s New Nationalism: The International and Domestic Politics of an Assertive Foreign Policy" (PDF). Yale University. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Kono supporters to leave LDP's Miyazawa faction". Japan Policy & Politics. 28 December 1998. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  3. 1 2 Taika Uranaga (31 December 2000). "Cities set to merge divided over new leader". Japan Times. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  4. ↑ Visits Embassy of Japan in Bangladesh Retrieved 23 October 2013
  5. 1 2 "Japanese ministries". Rulers. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  6. ↑ Karl Schoenberger Military in Japan Gets No Respect Los Angeles Times 10 September 1990 Retrieved 23 October 2013
  7. ↑ 元防衛庁長官の石川要三氏死去 (in Japanese). Jiji Press. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
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