Masatoshi Wakabayashi
Japanese politician (1934–2023)
若林 正俊
Wakabayashi in 2007
Acting
16 September 2009 – 28 September 2009
Nagano, Japan
Tokyo, Japan
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
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
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
Japan: 
Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (July 2011)
References
- ^ 若林正俊氏が死去 元農相 ８９歳 (in Japanese)
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Japan MP quits over double voting". 2 April 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
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| Preceded by Takehiko Endo | Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan 2007–2008 | Succeeded by Seiichi Ota |
| Preceded by Norihiko Akagi | Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan 2007 | Succeeded by Takehiko Endo |
| Preceded by | Minister of the Environment of Japan 2006–2007 | Succeeded by |
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