Hidenobu Takahide

Hidenobu Takahide
Mayor of Yokohama
In office 8 April 1990 – 7 April 2002
Preceded by	Michikazu Saigō
Succeeded by	Hiroshi Nakada
Personal details
Born	18 August 1929 Hokkaido, Japan
Died	29 August 2002 (aged 73) Yokohama, Japan
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	Hokkaido University

Hidenobu Takahide (高秀 秀信 Takahide Hidenobu, 18 August 1929 – 29 August 2002) was a Japanese bureaucrat and politician from Yūbari, Hokkaidō.

After graduating from Hokkaido University, Takahide joined the Ministry of Construction in 1952 and was appointed as the ministry's administrative vice minister in June 1984.

In March 1990, Takahide ran for the Yokohama mayoral election to succeed Michikazu Saigō, who died during his mayoralty the previous month. Backed by the Liberal Democratic Party, he was elected mayor and served for 12 years. He was installed president of Japan Association of City Mayors in June 2001.

Takahide lost to Hiroshi Nakada in the mayoral election held on 31 March 2002, despite the backing from four major political parties, the local office of the Democratic Party of Japan, and industrial and labor organizations.^[1] Five months later, he died of esophageal hemorrhage at age 73.

References

• "Obituary: Hidenobu Takahide". The Japan Times. Kyodo. 30 August 2002. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
• 高秀秀信氏死去 前横浜市長. 47 News (in Japanese). Press Net Japan. Kyodo. 29 August 2002. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
• 21世紀の国際コンベンション都市を目指す. Construction Graph (in Japanese). Sapporo: Jichi Times. January 1998. Retrieved 8 May 2009.

1. Kabashima, Ikuo (June 2002). Iwao, Sumiko, ed. "The Challenge Facing Koizumi". Japan Echo. Tokyo: Japan Echo. 29 (3). Archived from the original on 2002-08-02. Retrieved 8 May 2009.