Kazuo Aichi

Kazuo Aichi
愛知 和男
Aichi in 1993
Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency
In office 2 December 1993 – 28 April 1994
Prime Minister	Morihiro Hosokawa
Preceded by	Nakanishi Keisuke
Succeeded by	Atsushi Kanda
Commissioner of the Environment Agency
In office 2 December 1990 – 5 November 1991
Prime Minister	Toshiki Kaifu
Preceded by	Kitagawa Ishimatsu
Succeeded by	Shozaburo Nakamura
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 12 September 2005 – 21 July 2009
Constituency	Tokyo PR
In office 10 December 1976 – 2 June 2000
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Azuma Konno
Constituency	Former Miyagi 1st (1976–1996) Miyagi 1st (1996–2000)
Personal details
Born	(1937-07-20)20 July 1937 Ōta, Tokyo, Japan
Died	3 May 2024(2024-05-03) (aged 86) Tokyo, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Alma mater	University of Tokyo

Kazuo Aichi (愛知 和男, Aichi Kazuo, July 20, 1937 – May 3, 2024) was a Japanese politician.

Early life

A native of Ōta, Tokyo Aichi graduated of the University of Tokyo.

Political career

Aichi served as a member of the House of Representatives of Japan for the Liberal Democratic Party.

He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1976 and served until 2000, when he was defeated for re-election. He later served again from 2005 to 2009, when he unsuccessfully stood for re-election.

From 1993 to 1994 Aichi was Director General of the Japan Defense Agency and from 1990 to 1991 he served as the Commissioner of the Environment Agency.

Death

Aichi died from COVID-19 on May 3, 2024, at the age of 86.^[1][2][3]

External links

• Official website in Japanese.
• 政治家情報 〜愛知 和男〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-12-03. Retrieved 2007-10-16.

References

1. "仙台放送／ニュースセンター".
2. 元衆院議員 愛知和男さん死去 ８６歳 後日仙台でお別れ会 (in Japanese)
3. "愛知和男さん死去　衆院旧宮城１区選出　環境庁長官や防衛庁長官など務める｜FNNプライムオンライン". www.fnn.jp. Archived from the original on 2024-05-06.