Koichi Kato (politician, born 1939)

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Koichi Kato
加藤 紘一
Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan
In office 1991–1992
Preceded by	Misoji Sakamoto
Succeeded by	Yōhei Kōno
Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency
In office 1 November 1984 – 22 July 1986
Prime Minister	Yasuhiro Nakasone
Preceded by	Kurihara Yoshiyuki
Succeeded by	Kurihara Yoshiyuki
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 10 December 1972 – 9 April 2002
Constituency	Yamagata 2nd district (1972-1996) Yamagata 4th district (1996-2002)
In office 10 November 2003 – 16 November 2012
Constituency	Yamagata 3rd district
Personal details
Born	(1939-06-17)17 June 1939 Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Empire of Japan
Died	9 September 2016(2016-09-09) (aged 77) Tokyo, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Children	3 (including Ayuko)
Alma mater	University of Tokyo Harvard University

Koichi Kato (加藤 紘一, Katō Kōichi, 17 June 1939 – 9 September 2016) was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party who held a seat in the House of Representatives in the National Diet for 13 terms between 1972 and 2012.^[1] Kato was elected to several districts in Yamagata Prefecture and served as the Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency from 1984 to 1986 and Chief Cabinet Secretary from 1991 to 1992. Kato was a leading member of the Kōchikai faction of the LDP aligned with Prime Ministers Masayoshi Ōhira, Zenkō Suzuki, and Kiichi Miyazawa. Kato lost his seat at the December 2012 general election, and his daughter Ayuko Kato was elected to the seat at the 2014 general election.