Hidekatsu Yoshii

Hidekatsu Yoshii
吉井 英勝
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
18 February 1990 – 16 November 2012
Preceded byYukio Kyōzuka
Succeeded byMulti-member district
ConstituencyOsaka 4th (1990–1996)
Kyushu PR (1996–2000)
Kinki PR (2000–2012)
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
28 February 1988 – 22 July 1989
Preceded byFujio Tashiro
Succeeded byKazuyoshi Shirahama
ConstituencyOsaka at-large
Personal details
Born (1942-12-19) 19 December 1942
PartyCommunist
Alma materKyoto University
Website441-h.com

Hidekatsu Yoshii (吉井 英勝, Yoshii Hidekatsu; born December 19, 1942) is a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives for Japanese Communist Party.

A native of Kyoto, and graduate of Kyoto University, he was elected to the first of his three terms in the city assembly of Sakai, Osaka in 1971 and then to his one term in the assembly of Osaka Prefecture in 1983. After running unsuccessfully for the House of Councillors in 1986, he was elected to the house in 1988 but lost his seat in the following year. In 1990 he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time.

References

  • 政治家情報 〜吉井 英勝〜 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on December 3, 2007. Retrieved October 16, 2007.