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Hosei University elects Executive Trustee and Vice President Katsuya HIROSE Katsuya as candidate for next President.

  • December 04, 2020
Notices
Hosei University Educational Corporation (President: Yuko TANAKA, hereafter referred to as "Hosei University") has conducted an election of candidates for its current President, Yuko TANAKA, whose term will expire on March 31, 2021. As a result of the election held today, December 4 (Friday), we are pleased to announce that HIROSE Katsuya, Executive Trustee and Vice President, has been elected as the candidate for President. The official election as the next President will take place at the Trustee's meeting on Wednesday, December 9.
The term of office will be from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2025.

HIROSE Katsuya's Curriculum Vitae
Date and place of birth: May 18, 1958 (age 62) from Nara Prefecture

Area of expertise: Public administration, public policy, local government

March 1981 Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law (LL.B.)
　　　　　　　March 1983: M.A., Graduate School of Law of Politics, The University of Tokyo
　　　　　　　Mar. 1987 Withdrawal with Completion of Course Requirements from the Doctoral Program of the Graduate School of Law of the University of Tokyo
　　　　　　　September 1987 Obtained Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Tokyo Graduate School

September 1987 Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Hosei University
　　　　　　　April 1995 Professor, Faculty of Law, Hosei University (to present)
　　　　　　　April 2012-March 2014 Dean, Faculty of Law, Hosei University
　　　　　　　April 2014-Present Executive Trustee, Hosei University
　　　　　　　April 2017-Present Vice President, Hosei University

■Major Publications: "The Specificity and Universality of Municipal Assembly Reform" (2018), Hosei University Press (editor); "White Paper on Assembly Reform" (2009-2016 editions), Seikatsusha (co-editor); "Citizen Autonomy Course (Part 2)" (2016), Kohjinsha (co-author); "Recommendation of 'Councilor Power'" (2010), Gyosei; "Results IT Governance Linked to Results" (2007), Japan Urban Center (editor and author), "Information Reform" (2005), Gyosei (editor and author), "The Internet Changes the World" (1996), Iwanami Shoten (co-author), "Bureaucracy and Military" (1989), Iwanami Shoten

■Major articles: "Municipal Councils and Public Policy: Prospects and Challenges," Public Policy Research (2018); "What is Questioned in Future Council Reform," Local Council Person (June 2015); "Municipal Councils and Outreach," Governance (January 2014); "Fiscal Discipline and the Role of Councils," Governance (2013) (September 2013), "Municipal Councils and Citizens: What is a Council Trusted by Citizens," Governance (May 2013), "Council Reform and Public Relations and Hearing," Local Council Person 43 (9) (February 2013), "Tokorozawa City Basic Self-Government Ordinance and the Significance of Citizen Records," Tokorozawa City Association to Develop Basic Self-Government Ordinance ( (editor and author), "Citizens' Efforts to Create Ordinances" (2013), Kohjin no Tomosha-sha.

Major social activities: Supporting the process of enactment of information disclosure ordinances, basic autonomy ordinances, basic council ordinances, etc. in several municipalities; member of information disclosure review boards in Setagaya Ward, Hamura City, Tokorozawa City, etc. Other.

For inquiries regarding this matter, please contact
Public Relations Division, Office of the President, Hosei University TEL: 03-3264-9240 E-mail: koho@hosei.ac.jp