Kenzō Kōno ( ja, 河野謙三) (May 14, 1901 – October 16, 1983) was President of the

Japan Association of Athletics Federations The is the national governing body for the sport of athletics in Japan. Presidents * Ryōzō Hiranuma (1929–1958) *Hiroshi Kasuga (1958–1964) * Ichirō Kōno (1965) * Kenzō Kōno (1965–1975) * Hanji Aoki (1975–1999) *Yōhei Kōno (1999� ...

(1965–1975). He was the younger brother of his predecessor, Ichirō Kōno and the uncle of

Yōhei Kōno is a Japanese politician and a former President of the Liberal Democratic Party. He served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from November 2003 until August 2009, when the LDP lost its majority in the 2009 election. Kōno served as sp ...

(Ichiro's son). He was a graduate of

Waseda University , mottoeng = Independence of scholarship , established = 21 October 1882 , type = Private , endowment = , president = Aiji Tanaka , city = Shinjuku , state = Tokyo , country = Japan , students = 47,959 , undergrad = 39,382 , postgrad ...

. He belongs to a political dynasty which also includes Tarō Kōno. In his youth he was a long-distance runner and won stages of the Hakone Ekiden in 1921 and 1922. In his political career, he was the Upper House Chairman from 17 July 1971 to 3 July 1977, elected five times as Member of the House of Councilors for Kanagawa Prefecture between 1953 and 1983, and was a Member of the House of Representatives for Kanagawa's third district from 24 January 1949 to 28 August 1952.

References

Chronicle of Japan Association of Athletics FederationsThe Foreign Policy of Modern Japan By Robert A. Scalapino
, - , - , - , - , - 1901 births 1983 deaths Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers People from Kanagawa Prefecture Waseda University alumni Japanese male long-distance runners Japanese sports executives and administrators Athletics (track and field) officials Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Presidents of the House of Councillors (Japan) {{Japan-sport-bio-stub