title: Kazuo Takahashi (politician)
text: # Kazuo Takahashi (politician)
  
  Kazuo Takahashi (Japanese: 高橋和雄 Takahashi Kazuo; 2 July 1930 – 8 January 2022) was a Japanese politician.
  
  ## Life and career
  
  An independent, he served as governor of Yamagata Prefecture from 1993 to 2005. He died on 8 January 2022, at the age of 91.
  
  