Tatsuo Hirano

Tatsuo Hirano
平野 達男
Hirano in 2012
Minister for Reconstruction
In office 10 February 2012 – 26 December 2012
Prime Minister	Yoshihiko Noda
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Takumi Nemoto
Member of the House of Councillors
In office 30 July 2001 – 28 July 2019
Preceded by	Yoshinori Takahashi
Succeeded by	Takanori Yokosawa
Constituency	Iwate at-large
Personal details
Born	(1954-05-02) 2 May 1954 Kitakami, Iwate, Japan
Political party	LDP (since 2016)
Other political affiliations	LP (2001–2003) DPJ (2003–2013) Independent (2013–2016)
Alma mater	University of Tokyo Iowa State University

Tatsuo Hirano (平野 達男, Hirano Tatsuo, born May 2, 1954) is a retired Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, and was formerly a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. He was formerly a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kitakami, Iwate and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in 1977, attending the Iowa State University in the United States as a ministry official. In 2001, he left the ministry and was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time.

Hirano with Yoshihiko Noda in 2012

On July 5, 2011, after the abrupt resignation of Ryū Matsumoto, Hirano was named the Minister of State for Disaster Management, in the aftermath of the Great East Japan earthquake in his native Tōhoku region. He was reappointed to the post in September 2011 in the cabinet of newly appointed prime minister Yoshihiko Noda.

References

• 政治家情報 〜平野 達男〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-12-01. Retrieved 2007-11-17.

External links

• Official website in Japanese.