Kaoru Yosano

Kaoru Yosano
Kaoru Yosano
与謝野馨
	Official portrait, 1998
69th Minister of Finance
	In office; 18 February 2009 – 16 September 2009
Prime Minister	Tarō Asō
Preceded by	Shōichi Nakagawa
Succeeded by	Hirohisa Fujii
Chief Cabinet Secretary
	In office; 27 August 2007 – 25 September 2007
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Yasuhisa Shiozaki
Succeeded by	Nobutaka Machimura
Minister of International Trade and Industry
	In office; 30 July 1998 – 5 October 1999
Prime Minister	Keizō Obuchi
Preceded by	Mitsuo Horiuchi
Succeeded by	Takashi Fukaya
Minister of Education
	In office; 30 June 1994 – 8 August 1995
Prime Minister	Tomiichi Murayama
Preceded by	Ryōko Akamatsu
Succeeded by	Yoshinobu Shimamura
Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 10 November 2003 – 16 November 2012
Constituency	Tokyo PR (2003–2005; 2009–2012); Tokyo 1st (2005–2009)
	In office; 23 June 1980 – 2 June 2000
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Banri Kaieda
Constituency	Former Tokyo 1st (1980–1996); Tokyo 1st (1996–2000)
	In office; 10 December 1976 – 7 September 1979
Constituency	Former Tokyo 1st
Personal details
Born	22 August 1938; Kōjimachi, Tokyo, Japan
Died	23 May 2017 (aged 78); Tokyo, Japan
Political party	LDP (1976–2010; 2017)
Other political; affiliations	Sunrise (2010–2011); Independent (2011–2017);
Parents	Shigeru Yosano (father); Michiko Yosano (mother);
Relatives	Yosano Akiko (grandmother)
Alma mater	University of Tokyo
Website	Official website

Kaoru Yosano (与謝野馨, Yosano Kaoru) (August 22, 1938 – May 23, 2017) was a Japanese politician. He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the Sunrise Party of Japan and former member of the House of Representatives, serving his ninth term in the Lower House representing Tokyo's first electoral district until his defeat in the 2009 Japanese general election. He was Chief Cabinet Secretary to Prime Minister Shinzō Abe from August 2007 to September 2007, and Minister of Economic and Fiscal Policy in Tarō Asō's administration from February to September 2009.