Shigeru Hori

Shigeru Hori
保利 茂
Hori in 1952
Speaker of the House of Representatives
In office 24 December 1976 – 1 February 1979
Monarch	Hirohito
Deputy	Shōichi Miyake
Preceded by	Shigesaburō Maeo
Succeeded by	Hirokichi Nadao
Ministerial offices Director-General of the Administrative Management Agency In office 25 November 1973 – 16 July 1974 Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka Preceded by Takeo Fukuda Succeeded by Kichizo Hosoda Chief Cabinet Secretary In office 30 November 1968 – 5 July 1971 Prime Minister Eisaku Satō Preceded by Toshio Kimura Succeeded by Noboru Takeshita In office 26 December 1951 – 30 October 1952 Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida Preceded by Katsuo Okazaki Succeeded by Taketora Ogata Minister of Construction In office 25 November 1967 – 30 November 1968 Prime Minister Eisaku Satō Preceded by Eiichi Nishimura Succeeded by Shinzo Tsubokawa Minister of Agriculture and Forestry In office 22 June 1953 – 10 December 1954 Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida Preceded by Nobuya Uchida Succeeded by Ichirō Kōno Minister of Labour In office 28 June 1950 – 26 December 1951 Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida Preceded by Masabumi Suzuki Succeeded by Eichi Yoshitake
Party political offices Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party In office June 1971 – July 1972 President Eisaku Satō Preceded by Kakuei Tanaka Succeeded by Tomisaburō Hashimoto
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 30 January 1967 – 4 March 1979
Preceded by	Mikio Tatebayashi
Succeeded by	Kosuke Hori
Constituency	Saga at-large
In office 24 January 1949 – 23 October 1963
Preceded by	Tazō Ōshima
Succeeded by	Yasuo Ōtsubo
Constituency	Saga at-large
In office 22 December 1944 – 31 March 1947
Preceded by	Heiichi Matsuoka
Succeeded by	Multi-member district
Constituency	Saga 2nd (1944–1946) Saga at-large (1946–1947)
Personal details
Born	(1901-12-20)20 December 1901 Karatsu, Saga, Japan
Died	4 March 1979(1979-03-04) (aged 77) Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Party	Liberal Democratic (after 1955)
Other political affiliations	Independent (1944–1945) JPP (1945–1947) DP (1947–1950) LP (1950–1955)
Spouse	Yutaka Hori
Children	Kosuke Hori
Alma mater	Chuo University

Shigeru Hori (保利 茂, Hori Shigeru; 20 December 1901 – 4 March 1979) was a prominent Japanese politician who served in various cabinet positions, including Chief Cabinet Secretary, and was also Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan. He was also the founder of the Liberal Party, and later served in senior positions in the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan.

Early life and education

Hori was born on 20 December 1901, in Karatsu, Saga. He graduated from Chuo University in 1924.

Political career

with members of the 2nd Kakuei Tanaka cabinet, after its 1st reshuffle, on 25 November 1973

Following a career as a journalist at Hochi Shimbun and Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun, Hori was elected to the House of Representatives of Japan in 1944. While he was put into custody following Japan's defeat, he was released and duly returned to political life, becoming Secretary General of the Democratic Party. In 1950, Hori masterminded the union of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Liberal Party, resulting in the birth of the Liberal Party. In the same year, Hori was appointed by Shigeru Yoshida as Minister of Labour, and also later served under Yoshida as Chief Cabinet Secretary and Minister of Agriculture.

In the 1960s, Hori served under Eisaku Satō as Minister of Construction and then as Chief Cabinet Secretary. It was during this period that he rose to prominence within the Liberal Democratic Party itself, serving as its Secretary General and also as a senior figure within the Satō faction.

Towards the end of his life, Hori served as Director of the Administrative Management Agency in the Tanaka cabinet, and was Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan, the latter of which he served until a month before his death. Hori died on 4 March 1979.

Honours

• Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (1972)

External links

• Historic Japanese cabinets (in Japanese), kantei.go.jp; accessed 30 January 2018.
• Historic LDP Presidents, Secretaries General, Chairs of General Affairs Committee and of Policy Research Committee (in Japanese), geocities.co.jp/WallStreet-Stock/7643/; accessed 31 March 2018