Hiroshi Ogawa
小川 洋
Governor of Fukuoka Prefecture
In office
25 April 2011  24 March 2021
Preceded byWataru Asō
Succeeded bySeitaro Hattori
Personal details
Born(1949-05-17)17 May 1949
Fukuoka, Japan
Died2 November 2021(2021-11-02) (aged 72)
Fukuoka, Japan
Political partyIndependent
Alma materKyoto University

Hiroshi Ogawa (小川 洋, Ogawa Hiroshi, 17 May 1949 – 2 November 2021) was a Japanese politician who became the governor of Fukuoka Prefecture in 2011.[1] In 2015, he was re-elected for a second term,[2] and for a third term in 2019. In 2021 he resigned to receive cancer treatment and the vice governor Seitaro Hattori was elected to replace him.[3]

References

  1. Former Governor Fukuoka Ogawa dies 72 years old Resigns in the middle of his term in March
  2. Hiroshi Ogawa reelected as Governor of Fukuoka, Fukuoka Now, 15 April 2015.
  3. "Seitaro Hattori Elected As Governor of Fukuoka Prefecture". Fukuoka Now. Retrieved 18 September 2021.


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