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
Tokyo, Japan
Died13 November 2009(2009-11-13) (aged 86)
Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Political 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

Hideo Den (田 英夫 Den Hideo, June 9, 1923 - November 13, 2009[1]) 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.[1] 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.

References

  1. ^ a b "Obituary: Hideo Den". The Japan Times. Retrieved February 2, 2010.