What is Kazuo Takahashi (politician)?
'''Kazuo Takahashi''' ({{lang-ja|高橋和雄}} ''Takahashi Kazuo''; 2 July 1930 – 8 January 2022) was a Japanese politician. He was governor of [[Yamagata Prefecture]] from 1993 to 2005.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=9 January 2022|title=高橋和雄元山形県知事が死去|trans-title= |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/yamagata/20220109/6020012582.html|language=Japanese|work=[[NHK]]|location= |access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref> Takahashi was born in [[Yamagata]], [[Japan]]. Takahashi died on 8 January 2022 in Yamagata from problems caused by [[Alzheimer's disease]], at the age of 91.<ref>{{cite news|last=|first=|date=9 January 2022|title=元県知事の高橋和雄氏が死去 91歳、3期務める|trans-title=|url=https://www.yamagata-np.jp/news/202201/09/kj_2022010900207.php|language=Japanese|work=Yamagata Shimbun|location=|access-date=9 January 2022|archive-date=9 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109001938/https://www.yamagata-np.jp/news/202201/09/kj_2022010900207.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Takahashi, Kazuo}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Governors of Japanese prefectures]] [[Category:Politicians from Yamagata Prefecture]] {{bio-stub}}