Tetsuo Kondo

Tetsuo Kondo (近藤 鉄雄, Kondō Tetsuo; August 11, 1929 – March 4, 2010) was a Japanese politician who served as Japan's Minister of Labour from 1991 until 1992.

Tetsuo Kondo
近藤 鉄雄
Minister of Labour
In office 5 November 1991 – 12 December 1992
Prime Minister	Kiichi Miyazawa
Preceded by	Sadatoshi Ozato
Succeeded by	Masakuni Murakami [ja]
Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency
In office 22 July 1986 – 6 November 1987
Prime Minister	Yasuhiro Nakasone
Preceded by	Wataru Hiraimizu [ja]
Succeeded by	Eiichi Nakao
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 23 September 1972 – 27 September 1996
Preceded by	Masataka Hotta
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	Yamagata 1st
Personal details
Born	(1929-08-11)August 11, 1929 Nan'yō, Yamagata, Japan
Died	March 4, 2010(2010-03-04) (aged 80) Tokyo, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Children	Yōsuke Kondō
Relatives	Masakatsu Nohara (father-in-law)
Alma mater	Hitotsubashi University University of California, Berkeley

Kondo, who was from Yamagata Prefecture, began his career as an employee of the Japanese Ministry of Finance. Kondo, a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, served as a member of the House of Representatives of Japan for nine terms from 1972 until 1996. He also served as chief of the now defunct Economic Planning Agency during his career as a lawmaker.

Kondo was appointed as Labour Minister within the administration of Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa from 1991 until 1992. He retired from active politics after a failed re-election bid in the 1996 general election.

Tetsuo Kondo died in Tokyo of pancreatic cancer on March 4, 2010, at the age of 80.