Kosuke Hori

Kosuke Hori
保利 耕輔
Official portrait, 1999
Minister of Home Affairs
In office
5 October 1999 – 4 July 2000
Prime MinisterKeizō Obuchi
Yoshirō Mori
Preceded byTakeshi Noda
Succeeded byMamoru Nishida
Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission
In office
5 October 1999 – 4 July 2000
Prime MinisterKeizō Obuchi
Yoshirō Mori
Preceded byTakeshi Noda
Succeeded byMamoru Nishida
Minister of Education
In office
28 February 1990 – 29 December 1990
Prime MinisterToshiki Kaifu
Preceded byKazuya Ishibashi
Succeeded byYutaka Inoue
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
30 October 1979 – 21 November 2014
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencySaga at-large (1979–1996)
Saga 3rd (1996–2014)
Personal details
Born(1934-09-23)23 September 1934
Tokyo, Japan
Died4 November 2023(2023-11-04) (aged 89)
Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Alma materKeio 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]

  1. ^ "Fukuda overhauls Cabinet / LDP executive shakeup also elevates Aso to party No. 2" Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine, The Yomiuri Shimbun, August 2, 2008.
  2. ^ "保利耕輔氏死去、89歳 元自民党政調会長". Jiji. 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.

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