Kenji Manabe

Kenji Manabe (Japanese: 真鍋賢二 Manabe Kenji; 14 July 1935 – 2 March 2024) was a Japanese pathologist and politician. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he served in the House of Councillors from 1977 to 1989 and again from 1995 to 2007. He was also Director-General of the Environmental Agency from 1998 to 1999.^[1]

Kenji Manabe
真鍋 賢二
Official portrait, 1998
Director-General of the Environmental Agency
In office 30 July 1998 – 5 October 1999
Prime Minister	Keizō Obuchi
Preceded by	Hiroshi Oki [ja]
Succeeded by	Kayoko Shimizu [ja]
Member of the House of Councillors
In office 23 July 1995 – 28 July 2007
Preceded by	Jun Kioka [ja]
Succeeded by	Emiko Uematsu
Constituency	Kagawa at-large
In office 10 July 1977 – 9 July 1989
Preceded by	Tan Maekawa [ja]
Succeeded by	Jun Kioka
Constituency	Kagawa at-large
Personal details
Born	(1935-07-14)14 July 1935 Mitoyo, Kagawa, Japan
Died	2 March 2024(2024-03-02) (aged 88) Tokyo, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Children	2
Alma mater	Gifu University
Occupation	Pathologist

Manabe died in Tokyo on 2 March 2024, at the age of 88.^[2]