Yasumasa Shigeno, a former member of the House of Representatives who served as the secretary-general of the Social Democratic Party and the chairman of the National Assembly Countermeasures Committee, died in Oita City on the 9th.
I was 79 years old.
Mr. Shigeno was elected for the first time in the 2000 House of Representatives election after working as an employee of Oita Prefecture and a member of the Oita Prefectural Assembly, and served as a member of the House of Representatives for a total of three terms.
During this time, Mr. Shigeno served as the secretary-general of the Social Democratic Party and the chairman of the National Assembly Countermeasures Committee, and coordinated with the Democratic Party of Japan, which was in power at that time. Was there.
According to the people concerned, Mr. Shigeno was taken to the hospital after complaining of a physical condition at his home in Oita City, and died of myocardial infarction early in the morning of the 9th.
I was 79 years old.