Ritsuo Hosokawa

Yoko Komiyama
細川律夫
Official portrait, 2009
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
In office
17 September 2010  2 September 2011
Prime MinisterNaoto Kan
Preceded byAkira Nagatsuma
Succeeded byYoko Komiyama
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
19 February 1990  16 November 2012
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byHitoshi Kikawada
ConstituencySaitama 4th (1990–1996)
Northern Kanto PR (1996–2000, 2005–2009)
Saitama 3rd (2000–2005, 2009–2012)
Personal details
Born (1943-08-08) 8 August 1943
Gohoku, Kōchi, Japan
Political partyIndependent (since 2018)
Other political
affiliations
JSP (1990–1996)
SDP (1996)
DP 1996 (1996–1998)
DPJ (1998–2016)
DP 2016 (2016–2018)
Alma materMeiji University

Ritsuo Hosaka (細川 律夫, Hosakawa Ritsuo; born August 8, 1943) is a former Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).