Koichi Kato (other)
Kōichi Katō is the name of two House of Representatives of Japan's members: * Koichi Kato (LDP) (加藤紘一, 1939–2016), Japanese politician *Koichi Kato (DPJ) is a Japanese politician from Tokyo and a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. He represents the House of Representatives Tokyo 20 electoral district. A native of Chiyoda, Tokyo is a special ward located in central Tokyo, Japan. It i ...

Koichi Kato (LDP)
was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party who held a seat in the House of Representatives in the National Diet for 13 terms between 1972 and 2012. Kato was elected to several districts in Yamagata Prefecture and served as the Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency from 1984 to 1986 and Chief Cabinet Secretary from 1991 to 1992. Kato was a leading member of the Kōchikai faction of the LDP aligned with Prime Ministers Masayoshi Ōhira, Zenkō Suzuki, and Kiichi Miyazawa. Kato lost his seat at the December 2012 general election, and his daughter Ayuko Kato was elected to the seat at the 2014 general election. Early life Kato was born on 17 June 1939 in Higashi Ward, Nagoya, and raised in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture. His father, , was a politician who served as mayor of Tsuruoka from 1946 before being elected to the House of Representatives in 1952, serving for five terms until 1965. After graduating from the University of Tokyo, Kato joined the Fore ...
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