Masatoshi Wakabayashi

Masatoshi Wakabayashi (若林 正俊, Wakabayashi Masatoshi^?, born July 4, 1934) is a Japanese politician who is a member of Liberal Democratic Party.

Wakabayashi became the third Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries appointed in Shinzō Abe's first cabinet after Toshikatsu Matsuoka killed himself as a result of financial scandal and Matsuoka's successor Norihiko Akagi resigned due to other financial scandals. He was appointed to the same position again in Abe's first reshuffled cabinet after Takehiko Endo's resignation.

After Abe's resignation, he worked under Yasuo Fukuda, who appointed Seiichi Ota his successor.

Resignation

In March 2010 resigned from the Diet after being accused of pressing the voting button for fellow lawmaker Mikio Aoki, whose Diet seat was next to him, while Aoki was absent from a house plenary vote.^[1][2]

References

1. ^ "LDP legislator resigns over pressing voting button for absent lawmaker"
2. ^ "Japan MP resigns after voting for absent colleague"

External links

• (Japanese) Official Website

Political offices
Preceded by Takehiko Endo	Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan 2007–2008	Succeeded by Seiichi Ota
Preceded by Norihiko Akagi	Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan 2007	Succeeded by Takehiko Endo
Preceded by Yuriko Koike	Minister of the Environment of Japan 2006–2007	Succeeded by Ichirō Kamoshita

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