Kōzō Watanabe (Democratic Party politician)

Kōzō Watanabe (渡部 恒三, Watanabe Kōzō, May 24, 1932 – August 23, 2020) was a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Tajima, Fukushima and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the first of his two terms in the assembly of Fukushima Prefecture in 1959 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1969 as an independent. He later joined the Liberal Democratic Party and eventually the DPJ. According to The Economist, he "represented agriculture interests in the Diet".[1]

References

1. "Farming in Japan : Field work : With fewer, bigger plots and fewer part-time farmers, agriculture could compete". The Economist. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2016.

• "Archived copy" 政治家情報 〜渡部 恒三〜. Janjan (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 3 December 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2007.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)