Hiroyuki Hosoda

Hiroyuki Hosoda (細田 博之, Hosoda Hiroyuki, born 5 April 1944) is a Japanese politician who has served as a member of the House of Representatives since 1990, as Chief Cabinet Secretary in Junichiro Koizumi's Cabinet from 2004 to 2005, as Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party from 2008 to 2009, and as head of the party's most powerful parliamentary faction since 2012.

Hiroyuki Hosoda
細田 博之
Hosoda, along with the Members of the Japan-India Parliamentarians Friendship League, meeting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.
Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan
In office
22 September 2008 – 29 September 2009
Preceded byTarō Asō
Succeeded byTadamori Oshima
Chief Cabinet Secretary
In office
7 May 2004 – 31 October 2005
Prime MinisterJunichiro Koizumi
Preceded byYasuo Fukuda
Succeeded byShinzō Abe
Member of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
18 February 1990
Personal details
Born (1944-04-05) 5 April 1944
Matsue, Shimane, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo

Early life

Hosoda was born in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture on April 5, 1944. He graduated from the Law Faculty of the University of Tokyo, and worked at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry from 1967 to 1986, serving as Director of the Washington Office of Japan National Oil Corporation from 1983 to 1985, and as Director of the Price Policy Division in the Industrial Policy Bureau from 1985 to 1986.[1][2]

Political career

Hosoda left government service in 1986 to become a secretary to his father, Kichizo Hosoda (1912-2007), who was then a member of the House of Representatives. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in the 1990 general election, representing the Shimane Prefecture at-large district, which had previously been his father's constituency.[2]

Koizumi government

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi appointed Hosoda to the Cabinet posts of Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs, Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy, and Minister of State for IT Policy in 2002. Hosoda became Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary in September 2003, and was promoted to Chief Cabinet Secretary and Minister of State for Gender Equality following Yasuo Fukuda's resignation in May 2004.[1]

Aso government

After Taro Aso was elected to the LDP presidency and became Prime Minister, Hosoda was appointed Secretary-General of the LDP. He served in this post from September 2008 to September 2009, when he resigned following the party's historic defeat in the 2009 general election.

Abe government

Following Shinzo Abe's victory in the 2012 LDP presidential election, Abe appointed Hosoda to head the Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyukai (Seiwa-kai), the largest faction in the party, replacing Nobutaka Machimura.[3] The faction is now commonly known as the "Hosoda faction."

Hosoda briefly served as Acting LDP Secretary-General following Sadakazu Tanigaki's hospitalization for a spinal cord injury in July 2016.[4] In August 2016, Hosoda was appointed Chairman of the LDP General Council.[5]

Hosoda chaired the LDP's 2018 task force on reforming the Constitution of Japan, drawing up a four-point revision proposal in March 2018 that included an amendment to Article 9 to make explicit reference to the Self-Defense Forces.[6][7] Abe named Hosoda as head of the LDP Headquarters for the Promotion of Revision of the Constitution in September 2019, replacing Hakubun Shimomura, who was viewed as more "dogmatic" than Hosoda and had antagonized opposition parties.[8][9]

Hosoda was a member of the LDP Parliamentary Group on the Promotion and Conservation of Japanese Sword and Ironwork Culture, which supported subsidies for Tatara steel.[10]

Personal life

Hosoda enjoys playing contract bridge.[2]

References
  1. "Chief Cabinet Secretary / Minister of State for Gender Equality Hiroyuki HOSODA". kantei.go.jp.
  2. "詳細". 細田博之オフィシャルウェブサイト (in Japanese). 14 March 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  3. Lim, Tai Wei (25 May 2015). "Navigating Japan's complex political landscape". TODAYonline. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  4. "Japan's Abe seeks continuity in linchpin party post". Nikkei Asian Review. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  5. Osaki, Tomohiro (3 August 2016). "Experience valued over youth in Abe's reshuffle of LDP executive". The Japan Times. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  6. "Key LDP panel agrees to pursue Abe's proposed amendment of Japan's pacifist Constitution". The Japan Times. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  7. "Abe picks legislative vets to lead charge on constitution". Nikkei Asian Review. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  8. "Abe to appoint more liberal LDP members to key posts in bid to spur talks on constitutional reform". The Japan Times. 22 September 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  9. "LDP open to ideas on Constitution from other parties, says head of revision panel Hiroyuki Hosoda". The Japan Times. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  10. "Campaign to Save Japanese Sword Culture Gets Support From Political Heavyweights". JAPAN Forward. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
Political offices
Preceded by
Yasuo Fukuda		 Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan
2004–2005		 Succeeded by
Shinzō Abe
Party political offices
Preceded by
Taro Aso		 Secretary General of the LDP
2008–2009		 Succeeded by
Tadamori Oshima
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