Kabun Mutō

Japanese politician (1926–2009)

Kabun Mutō (武藤嘉文, Mutō Kabun, 18 November 1926 – 4 November 2009) was a Japanese politician who served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs for a brief period in 1993.

Mutō was born in Kakamigahara in Gifu Prefecture in 1926. He studied at the Kyoto University. He was later elected to the House of Representatives of Japan.

Mutō founded and directed a minority studies group serving the Japanese government. Mutō replaced Michio Watanabe as Minister for Foreign Affairs.^[1] After his stint as Foreign Minister, Mutō would later hold positions at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. He subsequently retired from politics in 2005.

In March 1993 he was appointed an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia, for service to Australian/Japanese relations.^[2]

Death

Mutō died in a Tokyo hospital from pancreatic cancer on 4 November 2009, at age 82.^[3]

References

^ Harper, Alan Peter. "Japanese forge ties with African-Americans", Associated Press at Houston Chronicle. Sunday, May 9, 1993. Business 1. Retrieved on January 13, 2009.
^ It's an Honour
^ "Former Foreign Minister Kabun Mutō dies at 82". The Japan Times. November 4, 2009.

Political offices
Preceded by Michio Watanabe	Minister of Agriculture and Forestry 1979–1980	Succeeded by Takeo Kameoka
Preceded by Hikaru Matsunaga	Minister of International Trade and Industry 1990	Succeeded by Eiichi Nakao
Preceded by Michio Watanabe	Minister for Foreign Affairs 1993	Succeeded by Tsutomu Hata
Preceded by Sekisuke Nakanishi	Head of the Management and Coordination Agency 1996–1997	Succeeded by Kōkō Satō
Party political offices
Preceded by Yoshiaki Kibe	Chairman of the Executive Council, Liberal Democratic Party 1995	Succeeded by Masajuro Shiokawa