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 MinisterNaoto Kan
Yoshihiko Noda
Preceded byMasahiko Yamada
Succeeded byAkira Gunji
In office
10 August 1989  28 February 1990
Prime MinisterToshiki Kaifu
Preceded byHisao Horinouchi
Succeeded byTomio Yamamoto
Director-General of the Management and Coordination Agency
In office
12 December 1992  9 August 1993
Prime MinisterKiichi Miyazawa
Preceded byJunzō Iwasaki
Succeeded byKōshirō Ishida
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
31 August 2009  16 November 2012
Preceded byToshiaki Endō
Succeeded byToshiaki Endō
ConstituencyYamagata 1st
In office
11 December 1976  8 August 2005
ConstituencyOld Yamagata 1st (1976–1996)
New Yamagata 1st (1996–2003)
Tohoku PR (2003–2005)
Personal details
Born(1942-01-24)24 January 1942
Yamagata, Japan
Died21 October 2021(2021-10-21) (aged 79)
Yamagata, Japan
Political partyDPJ
Other political
affiliations
LDP
NFP
GGP
Alma materGakushuin 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.

He lost his seat in the 16 December 2012 general election.

Kano was born in Yamagata. He graduated from Gakushuin University.

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