Hideo Watanabe

Hideo Watanabe
渡辺 秀央
President of the New Renaissance Party
In office
29 August 2008 – 22 April 2010
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byYōichi Masuzoe
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
In office
5 November 1991 – 12 December 1992
Prime MinisterKiichi Miyazawa
Preceded byKatsutsugu Sekiya
Succeeded byJunichiro Koizumi
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
(Political affairs)
In office
22 July 1986 – 6 November 1987
Prime MinisterYasuhiro Nakasone
Preceded byShunjirō Karasawa
Succeeded byIchirō Ozawa
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
26 July 1998 – 25 July 2010
ConstituencyNational PR
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
10 December 1976 – 18 June 1993
Preceded byIchirō Ōno
Succeeded byMakiko Tanaka
ConstituencyNiigata 3rd
Personal details
Born(1934-07-05)5 July 1934
Died31 July 2024(2024-07-31) (aged 90)
PartyNew Renaissance
Other political
affiliations
LDP (1976–1993)
Independent (1993–1994)
NFP (1994–1998)
LP (1998–2003)
DPJ (2003–2008)
Alma materTakushoku University
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Hideo Watanabe (渡辺 秀央, Watanabe Hideo; July 5, 1934 – July 31, 2024) was a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan who was a member of the House of Representatives and House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature) from 1976 to 1993 and 1998 to 2010 respectively.