Tatsuo Hirano

Tatsuo Hirano (Japanese平野 达 男, Tatsuo Hirano, born 2 May 1954 in Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture) is a Japanese politician, MP for Iwate in Sangiin, the upper house of the national parliament, and a former minister.

Hirano, a graduate of the Faculty of Agriculture University of Tokyo, after graduating in 1777 was an official in the Ministry of Agriculture. In 1982, he completed a graduate program at Iowa State University. In the 1990s, the Ministry sent him to the prefectural government of Iwate. In 2000, he also worked as a lecturer at the University of Tokyo and at the Graduate School of the University of Iwate. In 2001 he ended his official career and turned to politics.

Hirano candidate in the 2001 election Sangiin - in Iwate ( a mandate per election ) for the Liberal Party of Ichirō Ozawa, also from Iwate, and narrowly won by about 6,000 votes against former Agriculture and Defense Tokuichirō Tamazawa (LDP ). 2003, the Liberal member of the Democratic Party, was re-elected for the Hirano 2007 with a clear majority was. In Sangiin he was 2009 Chairman of Agriculture, in 2010 the Budget Committee. In September 2010, he was under the Cabinet Kan " Deputy Minister " in the Cabinet Office, where he was responsible for the 2009 created "National Strategy Office " responsible, which should ensure when preparing the budget, the primacy of politics. In 2011 he assumed responsibility for rebuilding after the Great East Japan Earthquake. In July 2011 he replaced the retiring competent Minister of State in the Cabinet Kan Ryu Matsumoto and was adopted by Yoshihiko Noda in September 2011 held the same position in his cabinet. In February 2012, he was the occasion of the establishment of the Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority of the first " Minister of Reconstruction " ( fukkō - daijin ) and handed over the responsibility for civil protection at Masaharu Nakagawa. He remained until the change of government in December 2012 Minister.

In March 2013 Hirano announced his intention to leave the Democratic Party and to compete as an independent in the upcoming Sangiin - election in 2013. Opposing candidates, both of Liberal Democratic and Democratic Party and Ichirō Ozawa Seikatsu no Tō and two other candidates of CPY and HRP Hirano was confirmed with 243 368 votes ( 39.7%) in office. After the election, he joined the Group of Shinto Kaikaku.