Hideo Den

Hideo Den
田 英夫
Den in 1966
President of the Socialist Democratic Federation
In office
26 March 1978 – 10 February 1985
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded bySatsuki Eda
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
8 April 2003 – 28 July 2007
Preceded byYōko Tajima
Succeeded byMulti-member district
ConstituencyNational PR
In office
4 July 1971 – 29 July 2001
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byKan Suzuki
ConstituencyNational district (1971–1983)
National PR (1983–1989)
Tokyo at-large (1989–2001)
Personal details
Born(1923-06-09)9 June 1923
Died13 November 2009(2009-11-13) (aged 86)
PartySocial Democratic
Other political
affiliations
JSP (1971–1978)
SDF (1978–1994)
Independent (1994–1997)
RelativesDen Kenjiro (grandfather)
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo
Websiteupp.so-net.ne.jp/dennews
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Hideo Den (田 英夫 Den Hideo, June 9, 1923 - November 13, 2009) was a Japanese news presenter, politician, and for 34 of the years between 1971 and 2007, a member of the House of Councillors for the Social Democratic Party. From 1978 to 1985, he was also the president of the Socialist Democratic Federation.

In 1947 he joined the Kyodo News company as a reporter. In 1962 he became a news presenter for TBS 's television news program.

He was the grandson of Den Kenjiro.