Horinouchi Hisao

Horinouchi Hisao ( Japanese 堀 之 内 久 男 ; born November 10, 1924 , † March 31, 2010 in Miyakonojō , Miyazaki Prefecture , Japan ) was a Japanese politician .

biography

Horinouchi was initially active as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in local politics and most recently mayor of Miyakonojō .

In 1976 he was elected in the 2nd constituency of Miyazaki (three seats) as an independent with the highest percentage of votes to the deputy of the lower house ( Shūgiin ). He then rejoined the LDP and in it the Nakasone faction . He belonged to the Shūgiin for a total of eight legislative terms until 2003.

On June 3, 1989, Prime Minister Sōsuke Uno appointed him Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in his cabinet, which was only in office until August 10, 1989 . Less than a month after taking office, there was a scandal when he said in a campaign speech that " women are useless in politics and should stay at home." Shortly afterwards he regretted these statements. His remarks were aimed in particular at the then chairman and top candidate of the Socialist Party of Japan (SPJ) Takako Doi , whom he indirectly denied qualification for the office of prime minister during the current election campaign for the upper house elections in 1989 .

He was later from November 7, 1996 to September 11, 1997 Ministry of Post and Telecommunications in the second government of Prime Minister Ryūtarō Hashimoto . During his tenure, the former state-owned telecommunications company Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) was split into a sole proprietorship for long-distance calls and two companies for regional telephone services. In July 1997, he also worked with the Federal Communications Commission to obtain approval for NTT and KDDI as telecommunications companies in the USA .

Web links

• "Ex-farm minister Horinouchi dies at 85" (March 31, 2010)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ JANJAN, The Senkyo: Constituency result Miyazaki 2 1976  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ THE SOUTHEAST MISSOURIAN: "Japanese Official under Fire" (July 9, 1989)
3. ↑ TIME: "Japan A Mountain Moves" (August 7, 1989)
4. ↑ Paul Polishuk: "Fiber optics weekly update", December 13, 1996
5. ↑ JAPAN TIMES: "US pressured on NTT, KDD phone bids" (July 1, 1997)

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Horinouchi is the family name, Hisao the first name.