Yoshikatsu Takeiri

Yoshikatsu Takeiri
Chairman of Komeito
In office 1 February 1967 – 5 December 1986
Preceded by	Takehisa Tsuji
Succeeded by	Junya Yano
Member of the House of Representatives
Constituency	Tokyo 10th district (1967–1993)
In office 30 January 1967 – 24 January 1990
Personal details
Born	(1926-01-10)10 January 1926 Tatsuno, Nagano, Japan
Died	23 December 2023(2023-12-23) (aged 97)
Political party	Komeito (until 1998)

Yoshikatsu Takeiri (Japanese: 竹入義勝, Takeiri Yoshikatsu; 10 January 1926 – 23 December 2023) was a Japanese politician who served as the third chair of Komeito from 1967 to 1986, making him the longest serving leader in the party's history.