Former Minister of Agriculture Takehiko Endo died December 28, 13:01
Former Representative of the Liberal Democratic Party, Takehiko Endo, who served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, died at night in a hospital in Yamagata Prefecture on the night of 27th due to interstitial pneumonia. I was 81 years old.
After serving as a member of the Yamagata Prefectural Assembly, Mr. Endo ran for the first time in the lower house election in 1986 as a candidate for the 1st ward of Yamagata, and served for six terms in the lower house.
During this time, in 2001, when he was the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, a cattle with BSE was found for the first time in Japan, and he responded as the head of the headquarters of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
In 2007, he joined the first Abe rebuilding cabinet as the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries for the first time, but he was responsible for the problem that the agricultural mutual aid union, who was the chairman of the association, received the national subsidy illegally. I took up and resigned as Minister in eight days.
He retired from politics without running for the lower house election in 2009.
According to the people involved, Mr. Endo was ill and was hospitalized for treatment at a hospital in Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture last month, but died of interstitial pneumonia at 6:30 p.m. is.
I was 81 years old.