Yoshio Yatsu

Yoshio Yatsu
谷津 義男
Official portrait, 1999
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
In office 5 December 2000 – 26 April 2001
Prime Minister	Yoshirō Mori
Preceded by	Yoichi Tani
Succeeded by	Tsutomu Takebe
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 30 March 1992 – 21 July 2009
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Masaaki Kakinuma
Constituency	Gunma 2nd (1992–1996) Gunma 3rd (1996–2009)
In office 8 July 1986 – 24 January 1990
Constituency	Gunma 2nd
Personal details
Born	(1934-07-23)23 July 1934 Tatebayashi, Gunma, Japan
Died	3 June 2021(2021-06-03) (aged 86) Tatebayashi, Gunma, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Alma mater	Hosei University

Yoshio Yatsu (谷津 義男, Yatsu Yoshio, July 23, 1934 – June 3, 2021) was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Tatebayashi, Gunma and graduate of Hosei University, he was elected to the first of his three terms in the assembly of Gunma Prefecture in 1975 and to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1986. After losing his seat in 1990, he was re-elected in the same year. From 2000 to 2001 he served as the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

References

• 政治家情報 〜谷津 義男〜 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 3 December 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2007.

External links

• Official website in Japanese.