Yozo Ishikawa (石川 要三, Ishikawa Yōzō, 6 July 1925 – 21 June 2014) was a Japanese lawmaker and a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). He served as director general of the now-defunct defense agency of Japan in 1990.
Career
Ishikawa was a member of the LDP and was part of a group headed by Yōhei Kōno in the party.[1][2] He served in the House of Representatives from 1976 to 1993, and again from 1996 to 2003.[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 in the post.[5] After that, Ishikawa led the LDP's Tokyo chapter.[3]
Ishikawa died on 21 June 2014 from acute respiratory failure after being hospitalized with pneumonia.[7]
Honours
Thailand :
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the White Elephant (1990)[8]
References
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Kono supporters to leave LDP's Miyazawa faction". Japan Policy & Politics. 28 December 1998. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
- ^ a b Taika Uranaga (31 December 2000). "Cities set to merge divided over new leader". Japan Times. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
- ^ Visits Embassy of Japan in Bangladesh, Retrieved 23 October 2013
- ^ a b "Japanese ministries". Rulers. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
- ^ Karl Schoenberger Military in Japan Gets No Respect Los Angeles Times 10 September 1990 Retrieved 23 October 2013
- ^ 元防衛庁長官の石川要三氏死去 (in Japanese). Jiji Press. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ ประกาศสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์ (PDF) (in Thai). Retrieved 23 October 2024.