Hiroshi Moriyama(Sâm sơn dụ,Moriyama Hiroshi,born 8 April 1945)is aJapanesepolitician who has served asSecretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Partysince 2024. He previously served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from 2015 to 2016. He was a member of theHouse of Councillorsfrom 1998 to 2004 and has been a member of theHouse of Representativessince 2004.
Hiroshi Moriyama | |
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Sâm sơn 𥙿 | |
 Moriyama in 2024 | |
| Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party | |
| Assumed office 30 September 2024 | |
| President | Shigeru Ishiba |
| Vice President | Yoshihide Suga |
| Preceded by | Toshimitsu Motegi |
| Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | |
| In office 7 October 2015 – 3 August 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | Shinzo Abe |
| Preceded by | Yoshimasa Hayashi |
| Succeeded by | Yūji Yamamoto |
| Member of theHouse of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 25 April 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Sadanori Yamanaka |
| Constituency | Kagoshima 5th(2004–2017) Kagoshima 4th(2017–present) |
| Member of theHouse of Councillors | |
| In office 26 July 1998 – 13 April 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Kazuto Kamiyama |
| Succeeded by | Tetsuro Nomura |
| Constituency | Kagoshima at-large |
| Member of theKagoshimaCity Council | |
| In office 28 April 1975 – 25 April 1998 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 April 1945 Kanoya, Kagoshima,Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic |
A native ofKagoshima Prefecture,Moriyama served for many years on the Kagoshima City Council before entering national politics.
Early life
editHiroshi Moriyama was born on April 8, 1945, in an air raid shelter inKanoya,inKagoshima Prefecture,due toallied air raids.His family ran a farm and a newsstand. As a boy, Moriyama worked as apaper boyfor his family's newsstand, delivering newspapers on his bicycle everyday before school.[1][2]
After graduating from junior high school he began to work in the automotive industry while attending high school part-time. He graduated in 1965. In 1969, Moriyama started a used car dealership.[3]
Political career
editHe entered politics in April 1975, when he was first elected to theKagoshima CityCouncil. He would be on the council for 23 years and served three times as chairman.[3]
In July 1998, Moriyama was elected as a candidate of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) for theKagoshima at-large districtin theHouse of Councillors election.He would serve as parliamentary secretary for theMinistry of Financefrom October 2002 to September 2003.[3]
Shortly before the end of his term in April 2004, Moriyama resigned from the House of Councillors to run in a by-election in Kagoshima 5th district of the House of Representatives, caused by the death ofSadanori Yamanaka.Moriyama was elected with more than four-fifths of the votes. He opposed the privatization of the postal service pushed by Prime MinisterJunichiro Koizumi.Due to this, he became one of the 33 so-called "postal rebels" who were denied LDP endorsement in the2005 election,but easily defended his seat as an independent against an LDP "assassin" candidate.[3][4]
Like many other postal rebels, Moriyama returned the LDP under Koizumi's successorShinzo Abein December 2006. In July 2007 he joined theKinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkaifaction led byTaku Yamasaki.In August of the same year he was appointed Senior Vice Minister of Finance and served as such until August 2008. Moriyama served as theMinister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheriesin thecabinetof Shinzo Abe from October 2015 to August 2016.[3]
In August 2017 Moriyama was appointed chairman of the Diet Affairs Committee in the LDP. He would serve in this post for more than four years, the longest ever tenure. Moriyama remained whenYoshihide Sugasucceeded Abe. He was noted as a close ally of Suga and Secretary GeneralToshihiro Nikai.Moriyama left his position whenFumio Kishidasucceeded Suga in October 2021.[5]
In December of the same year Moriyama became head of theKinmirai Seiji Kenkyūkaidue to the defeat of the previous headNobuteru Ishiharain the2021 House of Representatives election.In August 2022 he was appointed chairman of the Election Strategy Committee in the LDP, putting him in charge of the difficult task of coordinating candidates after a recent redistricting. He served in this position until September 2023, when he was appointed chairman of the General Council.[5]
AfterShigeru Ishibawas elected to succeed Kishida as party president in September 2024, Moriyama was appointedSecretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party.[6]
References
edit- ^"( nội các の hoành nhan ) nông lâm nghiệp thủy sản sâm sơn dụ thị".Nikkei(in Japanese). 8 October 2015.Retrieved13 November2023.
- ^"【 tư と tin tức 】 tự dân đảng ・ sâm sơn dụ quốc hội đối sách ủy viên trường quốc dân の tư い nắm chắc に thiếu かせない".The Sankei News(in Japanese). 19 April 2021.Retrieved13 November2023.
- ^abcde"Quốc hội nghị viên tình báo: Sâm sơn dụ".Jiji(in Japanese). Jiji Press Ltd.Retrieved13 November2023.
- ^"Tự dân ・ sâm sơn thị が sơ được tuyển chúng viện lộc nhi đảo ５ khu bầu cử phụ".Asahi Shimbun(in Japanese). 25 April 2004.Retrieved13 November2023.
- ^ab"Tự dân đảng dịch viên nhân sự tổng vụ hội trưởng に sâm sơn dụ thị đề bạt へ".NHK(in Japanese). 12 September 2023.Retrieved13 November2023.
- ^"【 một lãm 】 thạch phá tổng tài tự dân đảng tân chấp hành bộ が phát đủ nội các nhan ぶれも cố まる".NHK.Tokyo. 30 September 2024.Retrieved30 September2024.
External links
edit- Official websiteArchived30 November 2018 at theWayback Machinein Japanese