Yōhei Kōno
Appearance
Yōhei Kōno | |
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Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan | |
In office 19 November 2003 – 21 July 2009 | |
Prime Minister | Junichirō Koizumi Shinzō Abe Yasuo Fukuda Tarō Asō |
Preceded by | Tamisuke Watanuki |
Succeeded by | Takahiro Yokomichi |
President of the Liberal Democratic Party | |
In office 29 July 1993 – 1 October 1995 | |
Preceded by | Kiichi Miyazawa |
Succeeded by | Ryutaro Hashimoto |
Leader of the Opposition | |
In office 9 August 1993 – 10 June 1994 | |
Prime Minister | Morihiro Hosokawa Tsutomu Hata |
Preceded by | Sadao Yamahana |
Succeeded by | Toshiki Kaifu |
President of the Japan Association of Athletics Federations | |
In office 1999–2013 | |
Preceded by | Hanji Aoki |
Succeeded by | Hiroshi Yokokawa |
Personal details | |
Born | Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Japan | 15 January 1937
Children | Tarō Kōno |
Alma mater | Waseda University |
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Kōno was speaker for the longest length since the set up of House of Representatives in 1890.[1] He was the president of the Japan Association of Athletics Federations from 1999 to 2013.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Kono's tenure longest as speaker". The Japan Times. 20 November 2008. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2008.
- ↑ The Successive President and Vice-President and Senior-Managing-Director of JAAF (
日本 陸連 歴代 会長 ・理事 長 ・専務 理事 ) (in Japanese) Japan Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved 13 June 2012.