Zenjiro Kaneko

Zenjiro Kaneko
金子 善次郎
Official portrait, 2008
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
11 September 2005 – 21 July 2009
ConstituencyNorthern Kanto PR
In office
25 June 2000 – 10 October 2003
ConstituencyNorthern Kanto PR
Personal details
Born (1943-09-24) 24 September 1943
PartyLiberal Democratic
Other political
affiliations
NFP (1996–1998)
DPJ (1998–2002)
NCP (2002–2003)
Alma materHitotsubashi University

Zenjiro Kaneko (金子 善次郎, Kaneko Zenjirō; born September 24, 1943) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Yamagata Prefecture and graduate of Hitotsubashi University, he worked at the Ministry of Home Affairs. He was elected for the first time in 2000 as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) but lost his seat three years later after defecting from the DPJ to join the second incarnation of the New Conservative Party.[1] He was re-elected in 2005 as a representative for the LDP.

References

  • 政治家情報 〜金子 善次郎〜. senkyo.janjan.jp (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-10-20.