Manabu Horii
Manabu Horii | |||||||||||||||||||||
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堀井 学 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Official portrait, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of the House of Representatives | |||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 17 December 2012 – 28 August 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Yukio Hatoyama | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Yūsuke Takahashi | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Hokkaido 9th (2012–2021) Hokkaido PR (2021–2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of the Hokkaido Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 8 April 2007 – 4 December 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Noboribetsu City | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 19 February 1972 Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Independent | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other political affiliations | Liberal Democratic | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Manabu Horii (堀井 学, Horii Manabu) (born February 19, 1972) is a former Japanese politician and speed skater. He won an Olympic bronze medal in 1994, and also competed in the 1998 and 2002 Olympics. He ended his speed skating career in 2002.
Horii represented Noboribetsu in the Hokkaido Legislative Assembly for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2007 to 2012. In the 2012 general election of the House of Representatives, he was elected the as LDP candidate in Hokkaido 9th district seeking to succeed retiring Democrat Yukio Hatoyama. He was nominated in July 2012 when Hatoyama was still expected to run for re-election.
In July 2024, Horii left the LDP. On 28 August 2024, Horii resigned from the House of Representatives following a scandal over his giving out condolence money to constituents for funerals he did not personally attend in violation of election laws.