Zenjiro Kaneko
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Zenjiro Kaneko | |
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金子 善次郎 | |
 Official portrait, 2008 | |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 11 September 2005 – 21 July 2009 | |
| Constituency | Northern Kanto PR |
| In office 25 June 2000 – 10 October 2003 | |
| Constituency | Northern Kanto PR |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 September 1943 |
| Party | Liberal Democratic |
| Other political affiliations | NFP (1996–1998) DPJ (1998–2002) NCP (2002–2003) |
| Alma mater | Hitotsubashi University |
Zenjiro Kaneko (金子 善次郎, Kaneko Zenjirō; born 24 September 1943) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Yamagata Prefecture and graduate of Hitotsubashi University, he worked at the Ministry of Home Affairs. He was elected for the first time in 2000 as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) but lost his seat three years later after defecting from the DPJ to join the second incarnation of the New Conservative Party.[1] He was re-elected in 2005 as a representative for the LDP.
