Hiroshi Hiraguchi

Japanese politician

Hiroshi Hiraguchi (平口洋, Hiraguchi Hiroshi, born August 1, 1948) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).

平口洋

Member of the House of Representatives

Incumbent

Assumed office
16 December 2012Preceded byDaisuke MatsumotoConstituencyHiroshima 2nd districtIn office
11 September 2005 – 21 July 2009Preceded byDaisuke MatsumotoSucceeded byDaisuke MatsumotoConstituencyHiroshima 2nd district Personal detailsBorn (1948-08-01) 1 August 1948 (age 75)
Etajima, Hiroshima Prefecture, JapanPolitical partyLiberal DemocraticAlma materUniversity of Tokyo

A native of Etajima, Hiroshima and graduate of the University of Tokyo he jointed the Ministry of Construction in 1972 and attended the University of Pennsylvania in the United States as a ministry official. Leaving the ministry in 2001, he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives as an independent in 2003. He ran again in 2005 as a member of the LDP and was elected for the first time. He has represented the 2nd District of Hiroshima prefecture from 2005 to 2009, and again from 2012 to the present.