Morihiro Hosokawa

Morihiro Hosokawa (細川 護煕, Hosokawa Morihiro, born 14 January 1938) 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
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	(1938-01-14) 14 January 1938 (age 86) 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

References

1. Yoshida, Reiji (10 January 2014). "Any Hosokawa presence in Tokyo race bad for Abe". The Japan Times. 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