Motohiro Ōno

Motohiro Ōno (大野 元裕, Ōno Motohiro; born 12 November 1963) is a Japanese politician and the current governor of Saitama Prefecture in Japan. He assumed office replacing Kiyoshi Ueda in the August 2019 gubernatorial elections.^[1][2]

Motohiro Ōno
大野 元裕
Official portrait, 2020
Governor of Saitama Prefecture
Incumbent
Assumed office 31 August 2019
Monarch	Naruhito
Preceded by	Kiyoshi Ueda
Member of the House of Councillors
In office 26 July 2010 – 5 August 2019
Preceded by	Chiyako Shimada
Succeeded by	Kiyoshi Ueda
Constituency	Saitama at-large
Personal details
Born	(1963-11-12) 12 November 1963 (age 61) Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
Political party	Independent (since 2019)
Other political affiliations	DPJ (2010–2016) DP (2016–2018) DPP (2018–2019)
Alma mater	International University of Japan Keio University
Signature

Ōno previously served as a member of the House of Councilors from 2010 to 2019 and was a senior researcher at the Middle East Institute of Japan [ja].^[3]