Hiroshi Saitō (mayor)

Hiroshi Saitō (斉藤博) is a Japanese politician from Tokorozawa, Saitama. Having graduated from Chuo University, Saitō was elected to Tokorozawa City Council in 1971. In 1979, he was elected to Saitama Prefectural Assembly and served for 12 years.

In October 1991, Saitō was elected mayor of Tokorozawa. While he was in office, in 1997, TV Asahi aired a news report alleging that the vegetables grown in Tokorozawa were polluted with dioxin. Saitō had his salary docked for covering up information about the pollution.

He announced in August 2007 that he would not run for a fifth term and was succeeded by Yoshiko Tōma in October 2007.