   is a japanese politician who was the 79th prime minister of japan from 9 august 1993 to 28 april 1994. his coalition was the first non-liberal democratic party (ldp) government since 1955. he ran as a candidate for governor of tokyo in the february 2014 gubernatorial election as an independent supported by the democratic party of japan. he is since 2005 the 16th head of the hosokawa clan, one of the noble families in japan. == early life == morihiro hosokawa was born in tokyo as the eldest grandson of moritatsu, 3rd marquess hosokawa, and the 14th head of the hosokawa clan. his maternal grandfather is the pre-war prime minister prince fumimaro konoe. hosokawa received his ll.b. degree from sophia university in 1961. after working for the newspaper the asahi shimbun as journalist for five years, he made an unsuccessful run in the 1969 general election. he was elected to the house of councillors of japan as an ldp representative of kumamoto prefecture in 1971, with his campaign funded by party boss kakuei tanaka. after serving two terms in the
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