Morihiro Hosokawa
Prime Minister of Japan from 1993 to 1994 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Morihiro Hosokawa (細川 護煕, Hosokawa Morihiro, born 14 January 1938) is a Japanese politician who was Prime Minister of Japan from 1993 to 1994, leading a coalition government which was the first non-Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) government of Japan since 1955. After successfully implementing various election and trade reforms, he stepped down from the role of Prime Minister in early 1994.[1] He later ran unsuccessfully as a candidate for Governor of Tokyo in the February 2014 gubernatorial election as an independent supported by the Democratic Party of Japan.[2] He has been, since 2005, the head of the Kumamoto-Hosokawa clan, one of the former noble families of Japan.
Morihiro Hosokawa | |
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細川 護熙 | |
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 |
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 – 10 July 1977 | |
Constituency | National District |
In office 10 July 1977 – 11 February 1983 | |
Preceded by | Moriyoshi Morinaka |
Succeeded by | Masaru Urata |
Constituency | Kumamoto At-large District |
In office 26 July 1992 – 18 July 1993 | |
Constituency | National Block |
Member of the House of Representatives for Kumamoto 1st District[lower-alpha 1] | |
In office 18 July 1993 – 7 May 1998 | |
Preceded by | Shōichi Tanaka |
Succeeded by | Eiichi Iwashita |
Personal details | |
Born | (1938-01-14) 14 January 1938 (age 86) Tokyo, Empire of Japan |
Political party | Democratic Party (1998–2016) |
Other political affiliations | LDP (until 1992) JNP (1992–1994) NFP (1994–1997) From Five (1997–1998) GGP (1998) |
Spouse |
Kayoko Ueda (m. 1971) |
Children | 3 (including Morimitsu) |
Alma mater | Sophia University |
Signature | |