Director-General of the Japan Defense AgencyIn office
20 November 1998 – 5 October 1999Prime MinisterKeizō ObuchiPreceded byFukushiro NukagaSucceeded byTsutomu KawaraMinister of Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesIn office
8 August 1995 – 11 January 1996Prime MinisterTomiichi MurayamaPreceded byTaichirō ŌgawaraSucceeded byIchizō Ōhara Personal detailsBorn(1929-10-25)25 October 1929
Noshiro, Akita, JapanDied23 May 2019(2019-05-23) (aged 89)
Tokyo, JapanAlma materChuo University

Hosei Norota (野呂田 芳成, Norota Hōsei, 25 October 1929 – 23 May 2019) was a Japanese politician of the People's New Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Noshiro, Akita and graduate of Chuo University he joined the Ministry of Construction in 1953. Leaving the ministry, he was elected to the House of Councilors in the Diet for the first time in 1977. In 1983 he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time. From 1995 to 1996 he served as the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Tomiichi Murayama's cabinet. In 1998 he served briefly as Director General of the Japan Defense Agency.

In 2001, Norota received the civilian honor Padma Vibhushan from the President of India.

Norota died of bladder cancer on 23 May 2019 at a Tokyo hospital, aged 89.^[1]

References

• 政治家情報 〜野呂田 芳成〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 3 December 2007. Retrieved 11 October 2007.

External links

• Official website in Japanese.

House of Representatives of Japan
Preceded by Kishirō Nakamura	Chair, Committee on Construction of the House of Representatives 1988–1989	Succeeded by Yoshiyuki Tōya
Preceded by Sadatoshi Ozato	Chair, Committee on Fundamental National Policies of the House of Representatives 2000–2001	Succeeded by Hisao Horinouchi
Preceded by Shōzō Harada	Chair, Committee on Budget of the House of Representatives 2001–2002	Succeeded by Yūji Tsushima
Political offices
Preceded by Taichirō Ōgawara	Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 1995–1996	Succeeded by Ichizō Ōhara
Preceded by Fukushiro Nukaga	Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency 1998–1999	Succeeded by Tsutomu Kawara