Kōzō Watanabe (Democratic Party politician)

Kōzō Watanabe (渡部恒三, Watanabe Kōzō, May 24, 1932 – August 23, 2020) was a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Tajima, Fukushima and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the first of his two terms in the assembly of Fukushima Prefecture in 1959 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1969 as an independent. He later joined the Liberal Democratic Party and eventually the DPJ. According to The Economist, he "represented agriculture interests in the Diet".^[1]

References

政治家情報〜渡部恒三〜. Janjan (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 3 December 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2007.

House of Representatives (Japan)
Preceded by Hyosuke Kujiraoka	Vice-Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan 1996–2003	Succeeded by Kansei Nakano
Political offices
Preceded by Eiichi Nakao	Minister of International Trade and Industry 1991–1992	Succeeded by Yoshirō Mori
Preceded by Shigenobu Sakano	Minister of Home Affairs 1989–1990	Succeeded by Keiwa Okuda
Preceded by Shigenobu Sakano	Chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission 1989-1990	Succeeded by Keiwa Okuda
Preceded by Yoshiro Hayashi	Minister of Health and Welfare 1983–1984	Succeeded by Hiroyuki Masuoka

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