Hirohisa Fujii
| Hirohisa Fujii | |
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| 藤井 裕久 | |
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| Minister of Finance of Japan | |
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In office 16 September 2009 – 6 January 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Yukio Hatoyama |
| Preceded by | Kaoru Yosano |
| Succeeded by | Naoto Kan |
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In office 28 April 1994 – 30 June 1994 |
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| Prime Minister | Tsutomu Hata |
| Preceded by | Himself |
| Succeeded by | Masayoshi Takemura |
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In office 9 August 1993 – 28 April 1994 |
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| Prime Minister | Morihiro Hosokawa |
| Preceded by | Yoshiro Hayashi |
| Succeeded by | Himself |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
24 June 1932 Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Political party | Democratic Party of Japan |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
Hirohisa Fujii (藤井 裕久 Fujii Hirohisa?, born 24 June 1932) is a Japanese politician who is a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) and Secretary General of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ).
A native of Tokyo, Fujii was born on 24 June 1932. He graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1955 with a law degree. He is the former official of the ministry of finance. He was elected to the House of Councilors for the first time in 1977 as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. In 1993 he joined the formation of the Japan Renewal Party, which later became part of DPJ.
In September 2009 he became the minister of finance after the election of Yukio Hatoyama as Prime Minister.
Fujii abruptly announced his resignation as finance minister on 5 January 2010, and it was reluctantly accepted by Prime Minister Hatoyoma a day later. Fujii had been suffering from high blood pressure and exhaustion, so he claimed that his deteriorating health forced him to resign from the high-stress position of finance minister. However, some Japanese political analysts believed that Fujii lost a power struggle with Democratic Party of Japan chairman Ichirō Ozawa, and henceforth resigned. On 7 January 2010, Naoto Kan replaced Fujii as finance minister.
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