Hirofumi Hirano

Hirofumi Hirano
Hirofumi Hirano
平野博文
	Official portrait, 2012
Chief Cabinet Secretary
	In office; 16 September 2009 – 8 June 2010
Prime Minister	Yukio Hatoyama
Preceded by	Takeo Kawamura
Succeeded by	Yoshito Sengoku
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
	In office; 13 January 2012 – 1 October 2012
Prime Minister	Yoshihiko Noda
Preceded by	Masaharu Nakagawa
Succeeded by	Makiko Tanaka
Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 19 December 2014 – 14 October 2021
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Hiroshi Nakatsuka
Constituency	Kinki PR (2014–2017); Osaka 11th (2017–2021)
	In office; 21 October 1996 – 16 November 2012
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Nobuhisa Ito
Constituency	Osaka 11th
Personal details
Born	19 March 1949 (age 76); Katsuragi, Wakayama, Japan
Political party	CDP (since 2020)
Other political; affiliations	Independent (1996–1998); DPJ (1998–2016); DP (2016–2018); DPP (2018–2020)
Alma mater	Chuo University
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Hirofumi Hirano (平野博文, Hirano Hirofumi; born March 19, 1949) is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and a former member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). He is a native of Katsuragi, Wakayama and he started working for Panasonic Corporation in 1971 after graduating from Chuo University. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996 as an independent. He was the Chief Cabinet Secretary in the Yukio Hatoyama administration. He represented the 11th District of Osaka Prefecture from 1996 until 2012, and again from 2014 to 2021.

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Political offices
Preceded by Takeo Kawamura	Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan 2009–2010	Succeeded by Yoshito Sengoku
Preceded by Mizuho Fukushima	Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety (acting) 2010	Succeeded by Satoshi Arai
Preceded by Mizuho Fukushima	Minister of State for Social Affairs and Gender Equality (acting) 2010	Succeeded by Kōichirō Genba
House of Representatives (Japan)
New constituency	Representative for Osaka's 11th district 1996–2021	Succeeded by Hiroshi Nakatsuka

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