Yohei Kono

Education

Graduate department poli science, economics, Waseda U., 1959; post graduate, Stanford University.

Career

Member from Kanagawa, House Representatives, Japan parliamentary vice-minister education, Government of Japan director-general, Science and Technology Agency chief cabinet secretary, Government of Japan, 1992-1993; chair research committee foreign affairs, Liberal Democratic Party, 1990-1992; president, Liberal Democratic Party, 1993-1995; co-founder, New Liberal Club, 1976-1986; foreign minister, Japan, 1994-1995; deputy prime minister, Japan, 1994-1996. Member Miyazawa faction Liberal Democratic Party, 1994-1996.

Achievements

• Yohei Kono has been listed as a noteworthy Japanese government official by Marquis Who's Who.