Tetsuo Kondo

近藤 鉄雄Minister of LabourIn office
1991–1992Prime MinisterKiichi MiyazawaPreceded bySadatoshi OzatoSucceeded byMasakuni Murakami [ja]Head of the Economic Planning AgencyIn office
1986–1987Prime MinisterYasuhiro NakasonePreceded byWataru Hiraimizu [ja]Succeeded byEiichi NakaoMember of the House of RepresentativesIn office
23 September 1972 – 27 September 1996ConstituencyYamagata 1st district Personal detailsBorn(1929-08-11)August 11, 1929
Nan'yō, Yamagata, Yamagata, JapanDiedMarch 4, 2010(2010-03-04) (aged 80)
Tokyo, JapanPolitical partyLiberal DemocraticChildrenYōsuke KondōAlma materHitotsubashi University

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 Labor from 1991 until 1992.

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 labor 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.

• Personal History of Tetsuo Kondo, Member of the House of Representatives, Japan, Carnegie Mellon University Library

Political offices
Preceded by Wataru Hiraimizu	Head of the Economic Planning Agency 1986–1987	Succeeded by Eiichi Nakao
Preceded by Sadatoshi Ozato	Minister of Labour 1991–1992	Succeeded by Masakuni Murakami
House of Representatives (Japan)
Preceded by Kokai Nakamura	Chair, Science and Technology Committee of the House of Representatives of Japan 1981–1982	Succeeded by Yoshihide Mori