| Shigeru Hori | |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Office: | Speaker of the House of Representatives |
| Term Start: | 24 December 1976 |
| Term End: | 1 February 1979 |
| Predecessor: | Shigesaburo Maeo |
| Successor: | Hirokichi Nadao[1] |
| Office1: | Director of the Administrative Management Agency |
| Primeminister1: | Kakuei Tanaka |
| Term Start1: | 25 November 1973 |
| Term End1: | 16 July 1974 |
| Predecessor1: | Takeo Fukuda |
| Successor1: | Kichizo Hosoda |
| Office2: | Chief Cabinet Secretary |
| Primeminister2: | Eisaku Satō |
| Term Start2: | 30 November 1968 |
| Term End2: | 5 July 1971 |
| Predecessor2: | Toshio Kimura |
| Successor2: | Noboru Takeshita |
| Office3: | Minister of Construction |
| Primeminister3: | Eisaku Satō |
| Term Start3: | 25 November 1967 |
| Term End3: | 30 November 1968 |
| Predecessor3: | Eiichi Nishimura |
| Successor3: | Shinzo Tsubokawa |
| Office4: | Minister of Agriculture and Forestry |
| Primeminister4: | Shigeru Yoshida |
| Term Start4: | 22 June 1953 |
| Term End4: | 10 December 1954 |
| Predecessor4: | Nobuya Uchida |
| Successor4: | Ichirō Kōno |
| Office5: | Chief Cabinet Secretary |
| Primeminister5: | Shigeru Yoshida |
| Term Start5: | 26 December 1951 |
| Term End5: | 30 October 1952 |
| Predecessor5: | Katsuo Okazaki |
| Successor5: | Taketora Ogata |
| Office6: | Minister of Labour |
| Primeminister6: | Shigeru Yoshida |
| Term Start6: | 28 June 1950 |
| Term End6: | 26 December 1951 |
| Predecessor6: | Masabumi Suzuki[2] |
| Successor6: | Eichi Yoshitake |
| Birth Date: | 20 December 1901 |
| Birth Place: | Karatsu, Saga, Japan |
| Alma Mater: | Chuo University |
was a prominent Japanese politician who served in various cabinet positions, including Chief Cabinet Secretary, and was also Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan.[3] He was also the founder of the Liberal Party, and later served in senior positions in the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan.[3]
Hori was born on 20 December 1901, in Karatsu, Saga.[3] He graduated from Chuo University in 1924.[3]
Following a career as a journalist at Hochi Shimbun and Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun, Hori was elected to the House of Representatives of Japan in 1944.[3] While he was put into custody following Japan's defeat, he was released and duly returned to political life, becoming Secretary General of the Democratic Party.[3] In 1950, Hori masterminded the union of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Liberal Party, resulting in the birth of the Liberal Party.[3] In the same year, Hori was appointed by Shigeru Yoshida as Minister of Labour, and also later served under Yoshida as Chief Cabinet Secretary and Minister of Agriculture.[4] [3]
In the 1960s, Hori served under Eisaku Satō as Minister of Construction and then as Chief Cabinet Secretary.[3] It was during this period that he rose to prominence within the Liberal Democratic Party itself, serving as its Secretary General and also as a senior figure within the Satō faction.[3]
Towards the end of his life, Hori served as Director of the Administrative Management Agency in the Tanaka cabinet, and was Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan, the latter of which he served until a month before his death. Hori died on 4 March 1979.[3]
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