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Minister of State for Disaster Management

Tatsuo HIRANO

Date of birth: May 2, 1954
Birth Place: Iwate Pref.
Political Party: Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)
House of Councillors (Elected 2 times)

Career:

Jan. 2012 Minister for Reconstruction in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake
Minister of State for Disaster Management
(Reshuffled Noda Cabinet)
Sep.2011 Minister for Reconstruction in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake
Minister of State for Disaster Management
(Noda Cabinet)
Jul.2011 Minister for Reconstruction in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake
Minister of State for Disaster Management
Jan.2011 Senior Vice Minister of Cabinet Office for National Policy(2nd Reshuffled Kan Cabinet)
Sep.2010 Senior Vice Minister of Cabinet Office for National Policy(Reshuffled Kan Cabinet)
Jul.2010 Chairman, Committee on Budget, House of Councillors
Jan.2009 Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, House of Councillors
Jul.2007 Member of the House of Councillors(2nd)
Jul.2001 Member of the House of Councillors (1st)
Mar.2001 Resigned from Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Apr.1977 Joined in Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
1982 Graduate School (MS Program), Iowa State University, USA
Mar.1977 Graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture, the University of Tokyo
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