Kosuke Hori | |
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保利 耕輔 | |
Minister of Home Affairs | |
In office 5 October 1999 – 4 July 2000 | |
Prime Minister | Keizō Obuchi Yoshirō Mori |
Preceded by | Takeshi Noda |
Succeeded by | Mamoru Nishida |
Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission | |
In office 5 October 1999 – 4 July 2000 | |
Prime Minister | Keizō Obuchi Yoshirō Mori |
Preceded by | Takeshi Noda |
Succeeded by | Mamoru Nishida |
Minister of Education | |
In office 28 February 1990 – 29 December 1990 | |
Prime Minister | Toshiki Kaifu |
Preceded by | Kazuya Ishibashi |
Succeeded by | Yutaka Inoue |
Member of the House of Representatives | |
In office 30 October 1979 – 21 November 2014 | |
Preceded by | Multi-member district |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Constituency | Saga at-large (1979–1996) Saga 3rd (1996–2014) |
Personal details | |
Born | Tokyo, Japan | 23 September 1934
Died | 4 November 2023 Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan | (aged 89)
Political party | Liberal Democratic |
Alma mater | Keio University |
Kosuke Hori (保利 耕輔, Hori Kōsuke, September 23, 1934 – November 4, 2023) was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Tokyo and graduate of Keio University, he was elected for the first time in 1979. He served as Minister of Education in 1990 and as Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications from 1999 to 2000.
Hori was appointed head of the LDP's Policy Research Council on August 1, 2008.[1] Hori died from aspiration pneumonia on November 4, 2023, at the age of 89.[2]