Yōhei Kōno

is a Japanese politician. He was the President of the Liberal Democratic Party. He was Speaker of the House of Representatives from November 2003 until August 2009, when the LDP lost its majority in the 2009 election.

Kōno was speaker for the longest length since the set up of House of Representatives in 1890.
He was the president of the Japan Association of Athletics Federations from 1999 to 2013.  Japan Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved 13 June 2012.

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Category:Chief Cabinet Secretaries of Japan