Michihiko Kano

Michihiko Kano
鹿野 道彦
Official portrait, 2010
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
In office 17 September 2010 – 4 June 2012
Prime Minister	Naoto Kan Yoshihiko Noda
Preceded by	Masahiko Yamada
Succeeded by	Akira Gunji
In office 10 August 1989 – 28 February 1990
Prime Minister	Toshiki Kaifu
Preceded by	Hisao Horinouchi
Succeeded by	Tomio Yamamoto
Director-General of the Management and Coordination Agency
In office 12 December 1992 – 9 August 1993
Prime Minister	Kiichi Miyazawa
Preceded by	Junzō Iwasaki
Succeeded by	Kōshirō Ishida
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 31 August 2009 – 16 November 2012
Preceded by	Toshiaki Endō
Succeeded by	Toshiaki Endō
Constituency	Yamagata 1st
In office 11 December 1976 – 8 August 2005
Constituency	Old Yamagata 1st (1976–1996) New Yamagata 1st (1996–2003) Tohoku PR (2003–2005)
Personal details
Born	(1942-01-24)24 January 1942 Yamagata, Japan
Died	21 October 2021(2021-10-21) (aged 79) Yamagata, Japan
Political party	DPJ
Other political affiliations	LDP NFP GGP
Alma mater	Gakushuin University

Michihiko Kano (鹿野道彦, Kano Michihiko; 24 January 1942 – 21 October 2021) was a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan who served as the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries twice.^[1][2][3]

He lost his seat in the 16 December 2012 general election.^[4]

Kano was born in Yamagata. He graduated from Gakushuin University. ^[5]

After period of illness, Michihiko Kano died on 21 October 2021 in a hospital in Yamagata City; he was 79.^[6]