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Hiroshi Imai

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Hiroshi Imai
今井 宏
Official portrait, 2004
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
9 November 2003 – 21 July 2009
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byRitsuo Hosokawa
ConstituencyNorthern Kanto PR (2003–2005)
Saitama 3rd (2005–2009)
In office
18 July 1993 – 2 June 2000
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byRitsuo Hosokawa
ConstituencySaitama 1st (1993–1996)
Saitama 3rd (1996–2000)
Mayor of Sōka
In office
1977–1993
Member of the Soka City Council
In office
1970–1977
Personal details
Born(1941-07-15)15 July 1941
Sōka, Saitama, Japan
Died3 March 2023(2023-03-03) (aged 81)
Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Other political
affiliations
Japan New Party
New Frontier
EducationKasukabe High School
Alma materWaseda University

Hiroshi Imai (今井 宏, Imai Hiroshi, 15 July 1941 – 3 March 2023) was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Sōka, Saitama and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the city assembly of Sōka in 1970 (serving for one term) and then to the first of his four terms as the mayor of Sōka in 1977. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993 as a member of the Japan New Party. After becoming a member of the New Frontier Party, he joined the LDP.

Imai died on 3 March 2023, at the age of 81.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "元衆院議員の今井宏氏死去". Saga. 3 March 2023. Archived from the original on 3 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
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