Masatoshi Wakabayashi

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Masatoshi Wakabayashi
若林 正俊
Wakabayashi in 2007
Leader of the Opposition
Acting
In office
16 September 2009 – 28 September 2009
Prime MinisterYukio Hatoyama
Preceded byYukio Hatoyama
Succeeded bySadakazu Tanigaki
Personal details
Born(1934-07-04)4 July 1934
Nagano, Japan
Died11 November 2023(2023-11-11) (aged 89)
Tokyo, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party

Masatoshi Wakabayashi (若林 正俊, Wakabayashi Masatoshi, 4 July 1934 – 11 November 2023) was a Japanese politician who was a member of Liberal Democratic Party.

Life and career[edit]

With members of the Yasuo Fukuda Cabinet (26 September 2007)

Wakabayashi became the third Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries appointed in Shinzō Abe's first cabinet after Toshikatsu Matsuoka killed himself as a result of financial scandal and Matsuoka's successor Norihiko Akagi resigned due to other financial scandals. He was appointed to the same position again in Abe's first reshuffled cabinet after Takehiko Endo's resignation.

After Abe's resignation, he worked under Yasuo Fukuda, who appointed Seiichi Ota his successor.

Wakabayashi died in Tokyo on 11 November 2023, at the age of 89.[1]

Resignation[edit]

In March 2010 he resigned from the Diet after being accused of pressing the voting button for fellow lawmaker Mikio Aoki, whose Diet seat was next to him, while Aoki was absent from a house plenary vote.[2][3]

Honours[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 若林正俊氏が死去 元農相 89歳 (in Japanese)
  2. ^ "LDP legislator resigns over pressing voting button for absent lawmaker ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion". japantoday.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Japan MP quits over double voting". 2 April 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2021.

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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan
2007–2008
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan
2007
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of the Environment of Japan
2006–2007
Succeeded by