Morihiro Hosokawa
Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value). is a Japanese politician. He was the 79th Prime Minister of Japan from 9 August 1993 to 28 April 1994. He became known as the first non-Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) government leader of Japan since 1955. He ran as a candidate for Governor of Tokyo as an independent supported by the Democratic Party of Japan in February 2014.[1]
Morihiro Hosokawa | |
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細川 護熙 | |
 Morihiro Hosokawa | |
| Prime Minister of Japan | |
| In office 9 August 1993 – 28 April 1994 | |
| Monarch | Akihito |
| Preceded by | Kiichi Miyazawa |
| Succeeded by | Tsutomu Hata |
| Leader of the New Party | |
| In office 22 May 1992 – 9 December 1994 | |
| Preceded by | party established |
| Succeeded by | party abolished |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 18 July 1993 – 7 May 1998 | |
| Succeeded by | Eiichi Iwashita |
| Constituency | (Old 1st district, Kumamoto Prefecture →) 1st district, Kumamoto Prefecture |
| Member of the House of Councillors | |
| In office 26 July 1992 – 18 July 1993 | |
| Constituency | National |
| Governor of Kumamoto Prefecture | |
| In office 11 February 1983 – 10 February 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Issei Sawada |
| Succeeded by | Joji Fukushima |
| Member of the House of Councillors | |
| In office 4 July 1971 – 11 February 1983 | |
| Constituency | National (1971–77) Kumamoto (1977–83) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 January 1938 Tokyo, Empire of Japan |
| Political party | Democratic Party (1998–2016) |
| Other political affiliations | Liberal Democratic Party (1969–92) Japan New Party (1992–94) New Frontier Party (1994–97) From Five (1997–98) Good Governance Party (1998) |
| Spouse(s) | Kayoko Ueda (m. 1971) |
| Children | 3 (including Morimitsu) |
| Alma mater | Sophia University |
Morihiro Hosokawa Media
Morihiro Hosokawa (at the United Nations General Assembly on September 27, 1993)
with Boris Yeltsin, Hirohisa Fujii and Masayoshi Takemura (in Tōkyō on October, 1993)
with Bill Clinton (at APEC on November, 1993)
with the Ministers of Hosokawa Government (at the garden of the Prime Minister's Official Residence on 9 August 1993)
Hosokawa campaigning (at Takadanobaba Station on February 7, 2014)
References
- ↑ Yoshida, Reiji (10 January 2014). Any Hosokawa presence in Tokyo race bad for Abe. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/01/10/national/any-hosokawa-presence-in-tokyo-race-bad-for-abe/#.UtIeTvbTlRQ. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
Other websites
- Policy speech to the 127th Session of the National Diet 23 August 1993
- Policy speech to the 128th Session of the National Diet 21 September 1993
- Policy speech to the 129th Session of the National Diet 4 March 1994