*anese politician Tatsuo Hirano at the World Economic Forum on East Asia in 2012

Tatsuo Hirano (平野 達男, Hirano Tatsuo, born May 2, 1954) is a *anese politician of the Democratic Party of *an, 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.

Yoshihiko Noda and Hirano

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 *an 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 *anese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-12-01. Retrieved 2007-11-17. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)

External links

• Official website in *anese.