IchirÅ Matsui
Ichirō Matsui (Japanese松井 一郎, Matsui Ichirō; born January 31, 1964 in Osaka Prefecture ) is a Japanese politician, Governor of Osaka and general secretary of the regional party Osaka Ishin no Kai by Governor Hashimoto Tōru predecessor.
Matsui was after completing his studies at the Fukuoka Kōgyō Daigaku ( " Fukuoka Institute of Technology ," engl. Fukuoka Institute of Technology) in the private sector operates. In the unified regional elections in 2003 he was a candidate in the constituency dreimandatigen Yao city with the support of Liberal Democratic Party of the Parliament of the Osaka Prefecture. He was elected, re-elected 2007 and 2011. In LDP prefectural federation, he held various management positions in the "Youth Division " ( his - kyoku, for under 45 -year-old ).
In 2010, Matsui participated in the founding of Osaka Ishin no Kai and became general secretary of the party as both the Group in the prefecture of Parliament. As Tōru Hashimoto 2011 resigned as governor to run in the mayoral election in the city of Osaka, Matsui, the candidate Hashimoto and Ishin no Kai was for the Governor Succession in the early elections in November 2011. He received over two million votes and could Kaoru Kurata, the candidates of the major parties, as well as five other competitors a clear distance. Matsui joined the governorship immediately after the election.