Yozo Ishikawa | |
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石川 要三 | |
 Ishikawa in 1990 | |
| Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency | |
| In office 28 February 1990 – 29 December 1990 | |
| Prime Minister | Toshiki Kaifu |
| Preceded by | Juro Matsumoto |
| Succeeded by | Yukihiko Ikeda |
| Member of theHouse of Representatives | |
| In office 21 October 1996 – 10 October 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Shinji Inoue |
| Constituency | Tokyo 25th |
| In office 10 December 1976 – 18 June 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Tatsuya Ito |
| Constituency | Tokyo 11th |
| Mayor ofŌme | |
| In office 1967–1975 | |
| Preceded by | Eizō Enomoto |
| Succeeded by | Masao Yamazaki |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1925-07-06)6 July 1925 |
| Died | 21 June 2014(2014-06-21) (aged 88) Ōme, Tokyo, Japan |
| Party | Liberal Democratic |
| Alma mater | Waseda University |
Yozo Ishikawa (石川 要三,Ishikawa Yōzō; 6 July 1925 – 21 June 2014) was aJapanese lawmaker and a member of theLiberal Democratic Party (LDP). He served asdirector general of the now-defunct defense agency of Japan in 1990.
Ishikawa was a member of the LDP and was part of a group headed byYōhei Kōno in the party.[1][2] He served in theHouse 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 MinisterToshiki Kaifu, replacingJuro Matsumoto in the post.[5][6] Ishikawa's tenure was very brief and on 29 December of the same year he was replaced byYukihiko 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]
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