What is Takehiko Endo?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Takehiko Endo | native_name = Endo Takehiko<br/>遠藤 武彦 | birth_date = {{birth date|1938|10|5}} | birth_place = [[Yonezawa, Yamagata]], [[Japan]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|12|27|1938|10|5}} | death_place=Yonezawa, Yamagata, Japan | office = [[Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan)|Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries]] | office1 = The member of [[House of Representatives]] | termstart = {{start date|2007|8|27}} | termstart1 = {{start date|1986|7|7}} <br/> {{start date|1996|10|21}} | termend = {{end date|2007|9|3}} | termend1 = {{end date|1993|6|18}}<br/>{{end date|2009|7|21}} | image = Takehiko_End%C5%8D.jpg | alma_mater = [[Chuo University]] }} {{nihongo|'''Takehiko Endo'''|遠藤 武彦|Endō Takehiko| October 5, 1938 &ndash; December 27, 2019}} was a [[Japan]]ese politician. He was a member of [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]]. He was in the [[House of Representatives of Japan|House of Representatives]] in the [[Diet of Japan]]. On September 3, 2007, due to the financial scandal, he resigned as [[Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan)|Minister of Agriculture]] just eight days after he was appointed to the post.<ref>{{cite news | title = Endo to quit over subsidy scandal | work = [[The Japan Times]] | date = September 3, 2007 | url = http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070903a1.html | access-date = 2007-09-03 }}</ref> Endo died of [[pneumonia]] on December 27, 2019 in [[Yonezawa, Yamagata]] at the age of 81.<ref>[https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20191228/k10012231291000.html 元農相 遠藤武彦氏 死去] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228161155/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20191228/k10012231291000.html |date=2019-12-28 }} {{in lang|ja}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Endo, Takehiko}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Yamagata Prefecture]] [[Category:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians]] [[Category:Deaths from