was a Japanese

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who served as Japan's

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from 1991 until 1992. Kondo, who was from

Yamagata Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Yamagata Prefecture has a population of 1,079,950 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 9,325 km² (3,600 sq mi). Yamagata Prefecture borders Akita Prefecture to the north, ...

, began his career as an employee of the Japanese Ministry of Finance. Kondo, a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, served as a member of the

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for nine terms from 1972 until 1996. He also served as chief of the now defunct Economic Planning Agency during his career as a lawmaker. Kondo was appointed as

labor minister Minister of Labour (in British English) or Labor (in American English) is typically a cabinet-level position with portfolio responsibility for setting national labour standards, labour dispute mechanisms, employment, workforce participation, traini ...

within the administration of

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Kiichi Miyazawa was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1991 to 1993. He was a member of the National Diet of Japan for over 50 years. Early life and education Miyazawa was born into a wealthy, politically active family in Fukuyama ...

from 1991 until 1992. He retired from active politics after a failed re-election bid in the 1996 general election. Tetsuo Kondo died in

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of pancreatic cancer on March 4, 2010, at the age of 80.

References

External links

Personal History of Tetsuo Kondo, Member of the House of Representatives, Japan, Carnegie Mellon University Library
, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Kondo, Tetsuo 1929 births 2010 deaths Ministers of Labour of Japan Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) People from Yamagata Prefecture Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians