Hidehisa Otsuji


Hidehisa Otsuji
尾辻 秀久
Official portrait, 2004
President of the House of Councillors
In office
3 August 2022 – 11 November 2024
MonarchNaruhito
Vice PresidentHiroyuki Nagahama
Preceded byAkiko Santō
Succeeded byMasakazu Sekiguchi
Vice President of the House of Councillors
In office
30 July 2010 – 26 December 2012
PresidentTakeo Nishioka
Kenji Hirata
Preceded byAkiko Santō
Succeeded byMasaaki Yamazaki
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
In office
27 September 2004 – 31 October 2005
Prime MinisterJunichiro Koizumi
Preceded byChikara Sakaguchi
Succeeded byJirō Kawasaki
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
24 July 1989 – 28 July 2025
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byTomomi Otsuji
ConstituencyNational PR (1989–2013)
Kagoshima at-large (2013–2025)
Member of the Kagoshima Prefectural Assembly
In office
1979–1986
Personal details
Born (1940-10-02) 2 October 1940
Kaseda, Kagoshima, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Children3, including Tomomi Otsuji
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo

Hidehisa Otsuji (尾辻 秀久, Otsuji Hidehisa, born 2 October 1940) is a Japanese politician. He was the President of the House of Councillors from 2022 to 2024. He is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He has been a member of the House of Councillors since 1989. He was Vice President of the House of Councillors from 2010 to 2012 and as Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare from 2004 to 2005.[1][2]

References

  1. "尾辻参院副議長、辞任意向伝える 遺族会会長に内定で". www.nikkei.com. Nikkei, Inc. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  2. "尾辻遺族会会長が辞任の意向". www.nikkei.com. Nikkei, Inc. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2022.

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