Former Environment Minister Yoshio Mochizuki dies 72 years old December 19 12:30
A member of the House of Representatives Yoshio Mochizuki, a member of the Liberal Democratic Party who served as Environment Minister, died on the 19th. I was 72 years old. With the death of Mochizuki, a substitute election is expected to be held in April next year in Shizuoka 4 Ward.
Mr. Mochizuki was elected for the first time in the House of Representatives election in 1996 after serving as a city council member in Shimizu City, Shizuoka Prefecture and a member of the Shizuoka Prefectural Assembly, and won eight times in total.
During this time, he served as Vice Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and General Manager of the Administrative Reform Promotion Division of the Liberal Democratic Party, and was first entered as the Minister of the Environment in the Second Abe Remodeling Cabinet.
In the days of the Minister of the Environment, we worked on enacting a law that stipulates that final disposal will be completed outside of Fukushima Prefecture within 30 years from the start of storage of intermediate storage facilities that store soil etc. from decontamination within Fukushima Prefecture. Did.
Mr. Mochizuki served as the special chairman of the House of Representatives Disaster Countermeasures as well as the Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party, Kishida School, and supported the faction president Kishida Government Researcher.
According to the person concerned, it was said that he had been recuperating, such as getting sick and being hospitalized in autumn.
With the death of Mochizuki, a substitute election is expected to be held in April next year in Shizuoka 4 Ward.