Yoshiyuki Kamei

Yoshiyuki Kamei (Japanese亀 井 善 之, Yoshiyuki Kamei; born April 30, 1936 in Isehara, Kanagawa Prefecture, † 12 May 2006, Tokyo ) was a Japanese politician, Member of the Shūgiin and Minister in the Japanese Cabinet.

Life

Kameis father was the deputy Sangiin Kamei zensho, his father, the mayor of Hiratsuka, Katō Teikichi. Kamei studied at the Faculty of Economics, Keio University. After several years as an employee at various companies, he was his father's secretary in 1968. After candidacies for mayor in Yokohama in 1975 and for a seat in Shūgiin 1976 Kamei 1978 first elected as LDP candidate in Shūgiin and belonged to him, except from 1983 to 1986, when he was voted out, until his death. Within the party he belonged first to the Nakasone faction, then from 1998 to Yamasaki faction.

Under Prime Minister Takeshita Noboru Kamei 1979 was State Secretary in the Ministry of Transport 1996 Transport Minister in the Cabinet of Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto. From 2003 to 2004 he was Minister of Agriculture under Jun'ichirô Koizumi.

Kamei died at the age of 70 from pancreatic cancer. His constituency, 16 constituency Kanagawa, Atsugi, Isehara, the county Aiko and parts of Sagamihara covers, won his son Zentaro Kamei on 22 October 2006 by-election.