Yoshio Mochizuki facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Yoshio Mochizuki
望月 義夫
Minister of Environment
In office 3 September 2014 – 2 October 2015
Prime Minister	Shinzō Abe
Preceded by	Nobuteru Ishihara
Succeeded by	Tamayo Marukawa
Personal details
Born	(1947-05-02)2 May 1947 Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan
Died	19 December 2019(2019-12-19) (aged 72) Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Japan
Alma mater	Chuo University

Yoshio Mochizuki (望月 義夫, Mochizuki Yoshio, 2 May 1947 – 19 December 2019) was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature), and a Minister of the Environment. A native of Shimizu, Shizuoka and graduate of Chuo University, he was elected to the first of his four terms in the city assembly of Shimizu in 1975 and to the first of his two terms in the assembly of Shizuoka Prefecture in 1991. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996 as an independent. He was affiliated to the openly revisionist organization Nippon Kaigi.

Mochizuki died in office at the age of 72 on 19 December 2019.