Takehiko Endo (遠藤 武彦, Endō Takehiko, October 5, 1938 – December 27, 2019) [1] was a Japanese politician who was a member of Liberal Democratic Party, serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan.
Endo was a native of Yonezawa, Yamagata and graduated from Chuo University in Tokyo.
Endo was elected to the first of his three terms in the assembly of Yamagata Prefecture in 1975 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1986.
On September 3, 2007, due to a financial scandal, he resigned as Minister of Agriculture just eight days after he was appointed to the post.
On December 27, 2019, Endo died in a hospital in Yamagata Prefecture from interstitial pneumonia.