About Kozo Igarashi
Lived 1926 – 2013 (aged 87). Kozo Igarashi was a Japanese politician.
was a Japanese politician from Asahikawa, Hokkaido. He was the mayor of Asahikawa City from 1963 to 1974, member of the House of Representatives, construction minister in the Hosokawa Cabinet from 1993 to 1994, and chief Cabinet secretary in the government of Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama from 1994 to 1995. In 1975 and 1979, Igarashi ran for governor of Hokkaidō as a united front candidate (JSP, JCP, Kōmeitō), and lost both elections to incumbent Naohiro Dōgakinai.
Death On May 7, 2013, he died of pneumonia at age 87.
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Who was Kozo Igarashi?
Japanese politician
When was Kozo Igarashi born?
Kozo Igarashi was born on 15 March 1926 in Asahikawa.
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Kozo Igarashi died on 7 May 2013 in Sapporo.
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Kozo Igarashi was a politician.
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Kozo Igarashi was Japanese.
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