Yozo Ishikawa

Yozo Ishikawa
石川 要三
Ishikawa in 1990
Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency
In office 28 February 1990 – 29 December 1990
Prime Minister	Toshiki Kaifu
Preceded by	Juro Matsumoto
Succeeded by	Yukihiko Ikeda
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 21 October 1996 – 10 October 2003
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Shinji Inoue
Constituency	Tokyo 25th
In office 10 December 1976 – 18 June 1993
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Tatsuya Ito
Constituency	Tokyo 11th
Mayor of Ōme
In office 1967–1975
Preceded by	Eizō Enomoto
Succeeded by	Masao Yamazaki
Personal details
Born	(1925-07-06)6 July 1925 Nishitama, Tokyo, Japan
Died	21 June 2014(2014-06-21) (aged 88) Ōme, Tokyo, Japan
Party	Liberal Democratic
Alma mater	Waseda University

Yozo Ishikawa (石川 要三, Ishikawa Yōzō; 6 July 1925 – 21 June 2014) was a Japanese lawmaker and a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). He served as director general of the now-defunct defense agency of Japan in 1990.

Career

Ishikawa was a member of the LDP and was part of a group headed by Yōhei Kōno in the party. He served in the House of Representatives from 1976 to 1993, and again from 1996 to 2003.

In 1983, Ishikawa was parliamentary vice minister for foreign affairs. In 1984, he served as the chairman of LDP's diplomacy committee. On 28 February 1990 he was appointed defense minister in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu, replacing Juro Matsumoto in the post. Ishikawa's tenure was very brief and on 29 December of the same year he was replaced by Yukihiko Ikeda in the post. After that, Ishikawa led the LDP's Tokyo chapter.

Ishikawa died on 21 June 2014 from acute respiratory failure after being hospitalized with pneumonia.

Honours

• Thailand :
  • Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the White Elephant (1990)