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Ritsuo Hosokawa

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Yoko Komiyama
細川律夫
Official portrait, 2009
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
In office
17 September 2010 – 2 September 2011
Prime MinisterNaoto Kan
Preceded byAkira Nagatsuma
Succeeded byYoko Komiyama
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
19 February 1990 – 16 November 2012
ConstituencySaitama 4th (1990–1993)
Northern Kanto PR (1994–2000, 2005–2009)
Saitama 3rd (2000–2005, 2009–2012)
Personal details
Born (1943-08-08) 8 August 1943 (age 81)
Agawa District, Kōchi, Japan
Political partyDP (2016)
Other political
affiliations
JSP
SDP
DP (1996)
DPJ
Alma materMeiji University

Ritsuo Hosaka (細川 律夫, Hosakawa Ritsuo, born August 8, 1943) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).

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A native of Agawa District, Kōchi and graduate of Meiji University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990 as a member of the Japan Socialist Party after unsuccessful runs in 1983 and 1986. In 1996 he participated in the formulation of the DPJ. Between 1990 and 2012, he represented either the 3rd District or the 4th District of Saitama prefecture.

References

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  • 政治家情報 〜細川 律夫〜. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-10-13.
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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
2010–2011
Succeeded by
Preceded by Senior Vice-Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
2009–2010
Served alongside: Hiroyuki Nagahama
Succeeded by
House of Representatives (Japan)
Preceded by Representative for Saitama 3rd district
2000–2005
2009–present
Succeeded by
Hiroshi Imai
Incumbent
Preceded by
N/A
Representative for the Northern Kantō PR block
1996–2000
2005–2009
Succeeded by
N/A
Preceded by Representative for Saitama 4th district (multi-member)
1990–1996
Served alongside: Yuriko Takeyama, Eisuke Yamada, Yatarō Mitsubayashi, Masahisa Aoki
District eliminated