Yoshio Mochizuki

Yoshio Mochizuki
望月 義夫
Mochizuki in 2014
Minister of Environment
In office
3 September 2014  2 October 2015
Prime MinisterShinzo Abe
Preceded byNobuteru Ishihara
Succeeded byTamayo Marukawa
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
24 January 2011  19 December 2019
Preceded byHideaki Ōmura
Succeeded byYōichi Fukazawa
ConstituencyTōkai PR (2011–2012)
Shizuoka 4th (2012–2019)
In office
22 October 1996  21 July 2009
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byKenji Tamura
ConstituencyShizuoka 4th
Member of the Shizuoka Prefectural Assembly
In office
1991–1996
Member of the Shimizu City Assembly
In office
1975–1991
Personal details
Born(1947-05-02)2 May 1947
Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan
Died19 December 2019(2019-12-19) (aged 72)
Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Alma materChuo University

Yoshio Mochizuki (望月 義夫, Mochizuki Yoshio; 2 May 1947 – 19 December 2019) was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature), and a Minister of the Environment.