Tetsuo Kanno

Tetsuo Kanno
菅野 哲雄
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
11 September 2005 – 21 July 2009
Preceded byKiyohiro Yamamoto
Succeeded byHideo Yoshiizumi
ConstituencyTohoku PR
In office
25 June 2000 – 10 October 2003
Preceded byKenjirō Hatakeyama
Succeeded byKiyohiro Yamamoto
ConstituencyTohoku PR
Member of the Kesennuma City Council
In office
1985–2000
Personal details
Born (1948-10-22) 22 October 1948
PartySocial Democratic
Other political
affiliations
Socialist (1985–1996)
Alma materIchinoseki Tech High School
Websitesdp.or.jp/kantetu/

Tetsuo Kanno (菅野 哲雄, Kanno Tetsuo; born October 22, 1948) is a Japanese politician of the Social Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).

Early life

Kanno is a native of Kesennuma, Miyagi and a high school graduate.

He started working for Toshiba in 1968.

Political career

After having served for four terms in the city assembly of Kesennuma since 1985, Kanno ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in February 2000.

He ran again in June of the same year and was elected for the first time. Losing his seat in 2003, he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Councilors in the Diet in 2004.

He was re-elected to the House of Representatives in 2005.

References

  • 政治家情報 〜菅野 哲雄〜. JANJAN ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-10-20.