Hosei Norota

Hosei Norota (野呂田 芳成, Norota Hōsei; 25 October 1929 – 23 May 2019) was a Japanese politician of the People's New Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Noshiro, Akita and graduate of Chuo University he joined the Ministry of Construction in 1953. Leaving the ministry, he was elected to the House of Councillors in the Diet for the first time in 1977. In 1983 he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time. From 1995 to 1996 he served as the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Tomiichi Murayama's cabinet. In 1998 he served briefly as Director General of the Japan Defense Agency.

Norota with William S. Cohen

Hōsei Norota
野呂田 芳成
Official portrait, 1999
Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency
In office 20 November 1998 – 5 October 1999
Prime Minister	Keizō Obuchi
Preceded by	Fukushiro Nukaga
Succeeded by	Riki Kawara
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
In office 8 August 1995 – 11 January 1996
Prime Minister	Tomiichi Murayama
Preceded by	Taichirō Ōgawara
Succeeded by	Ichizō Ōhara
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 19 December 1983 – 21 July 2009
Preceded by	Hirohide Ishida
Succeeded by	Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Constituency	Akita 1st (1983–1996) Akita 2nd (1996–2009)
Member of the House of Councillors
In office 11 July 1977 – 9 July 1983
Preceded by	Masaji Sawada
Succeeded by	Hiromitsu Deguchi
Constituency	Akita at-large
Personal details
Born	(1929-10-25)25 October 1929 Noshiro, Akita, Japan
Died	23 May 2019(2019-05-23) (aged 89) Tokyo, Japan
Alma mater	Chuo University

In 2001, Norota received the civilian honor Padma Vibhushan from the President of India.

Norota died of bladder cancer on 23 May 2019 at a Tokyo hospital, aged 89.^[1]