Tetsuo Kondo
Tetsuo Kondo | |
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近藤 鉄雄 | |
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| Minister of Labour | |
| In office 5 November 1991 – 12 December 1992 | |
| Prime Minister | Kiichi Miyazawa |
| Preceded by | Sadatoshi Ozato |
| Succeeded by | Masakuni Murakami |
| Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency | |
| In office 22 July 1986 – 6 November 1987 | |
| Prime Minister | Yasuhiro Nakasone |
| Preceded by | Wataru Hiraimizu |
| Succeeded by | Eiichi Nakao |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 23 September 1972 – 27 September 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Masataka Hotta |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Constituency | Yamagata 1st |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 11, 1929 Nan'yō, Yamagata, Japan |
| Died | March 4, 2010 (aged 80) Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic |
| Children | Yōsuke Kondō |
| Relatives | Masakatsu Nohara (father-in-law) |
| Alma mater | Hitotsubashi University University of California, Berkeley |
Tetsuo Kondo (近藤 鉄雄, Kondō Tetsuo; August 11, 1929 – March 4, 2010) was a Japanese politician who served as Japan's Minister of Labour from 1991 until 1992.
Kondo, who was from Yamagata Prefecture, began his career as an employee of the Japanese Ministry of Finance. Kondo, a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, served as a member of the House of Representatives of Japan for nine terms from 1972 until 1996. He also served as chief of the now defunct Economic Planning Agency during his career as a lawmaker.
Kondo was appointed as Labour Minister within the administration of Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa from 1991 until 1992. He retired from active politics after a failed re-election bid in the 1996 general election.
Tetsuo Kondo died in Tokyo of pancreatic cancer on March 4, 2010, at the age of 80.