Masatoshi Wakabayashi (若林 正俊, Wakabayashi Masatoshi, 4 July 1934 – 11 November 2023) was a Japanese politician who was a member of Liberal Democratic Party.
Masatoshi Wakabayashi | |
|---|---|
| 若林 正俊 | |
Wakabayashi in 2007 | |
| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | |
| In office 4 September 2007 – 2 August 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Shinzo Abe Yasuo Fukuda |
| Preceded by | Akira Amari (acting) Takehiko Endo |
| Succeeded by | Seiichi Ota |
| In office 1 August 2007 – 27 August 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Shinzo Abe |
| Preceded by | Norihiko Akagi |
| Succeeded by | Takehiko Endo |
| Acting 28 May 2007 – 1 June 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Shinzo Abe |
| Preceded by | Toshikatsu Matsuoka |
| Succeeded by | Norihiko Akagi |
| Minister of the Environment | |
| In office 26 September 2006 – 27 August 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Shinzo Abe |
| Preceded by | Yuriko Koike |
| Succeeded by | Ichirō Kamoshita |
| Member of the House of Councillors | |
| In office 26 July 1998 – 2 April 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Kiyoshi Imai |
| Succeeded by | Kenta Wakabayashi |
| Constituency | Nagano at-large |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 19 July 1993 – 27 September 1996 | |
| Constituency | Nagano 1st |
| In office 19 December 1983 – 24 January 1990 | |
| Constituency | Nagano 1st |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 July 1934 Nagano, Japan |
| Died | 11 November 2023 (aged 89) Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
Political career
editWakabayashi became the third Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries appointed in Shinzō Abe's first cabinet after Toshikatsu Matsuoka killed himself as a result of financial scandal and Matsuoka's successor Norihiko Akagi resigned due to other financial scandals. He was appointed to the same position again in Abe's first reshuffled cabinet after Takehiko Endo's resignation.
After Abe's resignation, he worked under Yasuo Fukuda, who appointed Seiichi Ota his successor.
After the LDP were defeated in the 2009 election, it was unclear who would be their candidate in the diet nomination for prime minister, since Taro Aso had already announced his resignation as party president and no successor had been chosen. The party ultimately decided to nominate Wakabayashi, who was then chairman of the general assembly of LDP diet members, for Prime Minister, though he had no hope of being elected.[1]
Resignation and death
editIn March 2010 he resigned from the Diet after being accused of pressing the voting button for fellow lawmaker Mikio Aoki, whose Diet seat was next to him, while Aoki was absent from a house plenary vote.[2][3]
Wakabayashi died in Tokyo on 11 November 2023, at the age of 89.[4]
Honours
editJapan:
Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (July 2011)
References
edit- ^ "自民、首相指名は若林両院議員総会長に １６日投票". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Tokyo. 8 September 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "LDP legislator resigns over pressing voting button for absent lawmaker ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion". japantoday.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "Japan MP quits over double voting". 2 April 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ 若林正俊氏が死去 元農相 ８９歳 (in Japanese)
External links
edit- Official website (in Japanese)
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