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Kunio Hiramatsu

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Kunio Hiramatsu (平松 邦夫, Hiramatsu Kunio)
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Kunio Hiramatsu, 3 October 2008
18th Mayor of Osaka
In office
19 December 2007 – 18 December 2011
Preceded byJunichi Seki
Succeeded byTōru Hashimoto
Personal details
Born (1948-11-15) 15 November 1948 (age 76)
Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture
NationalityJapanese
Political partynone
Alma materDoshisha University Law School
Occupationtelevision personality, Mainichi Broadcasting System
ProfessionAnnouncer
Websitehttp://www.hiramatsu-osaka.com/

Kunio Hiramatsu (平松 邦夫, Hiramatsu Kunio, born 15 November 1948) was the mayor of Osaka in Japan. He was elected in 2007 with centre-left support from the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), People's New Party and the Social Democratic Party, defeating the centre-right supported incumbent Jun'ichi Seki by 50,000 votes.

Hiramatsu unsuccessfully ran for re-election in Osaka's mayoral election on 27 November 2011,[1] when his challenger was the former Osaka Governor Tōru Hashimoto.[1] Despite support from both major Japanese national parties (the DPJ and the Liberal Democratic Party), and the Japanese Communist Party retracting their candidate to support his re-election bid, Hiramatsu lost to Hashimoto by a margin of well over 200,000 votes.

References

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  1. ^ a b Johnston, Eric (8 November 2011). "Stunner: JCP skips Osaka mayor race". The Japan Times. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
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Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Osaka City
2007–2011
Succeeded by