Ritsuo Hosokawa

Yoko Komiyama
細川律夫
Official portrait, 2009
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
In office 17 September 2010 – 2 September 2011
Prime Minister	Naoto Kan
Preceded by	Akira Nagatsuma
Succeeded by	Yoko Komiyama
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 19 February 1990 – 16 November 2012
Constituency	Saitama 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 party	DP (2016)
Other political affiliations	JSP SDP DP (1996) DPJ
Alma mater	Meiji 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).

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.

• 政治家情報 〜細川 律夫〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-10-13.

• Official website in Japanese.

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