Toshifumi Kosehira

Toshifumi Kosehira
小斉平 敏文
Member of the House of Councillors
In office July 29th, 2001 – July 28th, 2007
Constituency	Miyazaki at-large district
Personal details
Born	(1949-09-30)September 30, 1949 Miyazaki Prefecture
Died	July 9, 2015(2015-07-09) (aged 65)
Alma mater	Kagoshima Prefectural Konan High School

Toshifumi Kosehira (小斉平 敏文, Kosehira Toshifumi, September 30, 1949 – July 9, 2015)^[1][2] was a Japanese politician and a member of the National Diet.

Biography

He was born in Kobayashi, Miyazaki.^[2] He graduated from Kagoshima Prefectural Konan High School in 1968.^[1]

In 1974, Kosehira became a secretary of Osanori Koyama, a member of the House of Representatives.^[1]

He served as a member of Kobayashi City Assembly for three terms since 1979 and a member of Miyazaki Prefectural Assembly for three terms since 1991.^[1]

He was elected to a member of the House of Councillors of the National Diet from Miyazaki at-large district in 2001 election and also served as the Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries [ja] with Yasushi Kaneko since November 2005.^[1] He belonged to the Liberal Democratic Party.^[2]

References

1. 農林水産大臣政務官 小斉平 敏文 [Toshifumi Kosehira - Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries]. 首相官邸 [Prime Minister's Office of Japan] (in Japanese). 2005-11-02. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
2. 宮崎県選出の元自民参院議員・小斉平敏文氏が死去 [Toshifumi Kosehira, a former LDP member of the House of Councilors from Miyazaki Prefecture, died]. 宮崎日々新聞 Miyanichi e-press [Miyanichi e-press by Miyazaki Nichinichi Shimbun] (in Japanese). 2015-07-12. Retrieved 2022-06-19.