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Hirokazu MATSUNO

Hirokazu MATSUNO

Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Minister in charge of Education Rebuilding

Date of Birth:  September 13, 1962
Place of Birth: Chiba prefecture
Political Party: Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
Member of the House of Representatives (elected 6 times)
Constituency: Chiba  Prefecture 3rd district

Education

Mar. 1986

Graduated from Faculty of Law, Waseda University

Mar. 1981

Graduated from Chiba Prefectural Kisarazu High School

Career

Aug.2016

Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Minister in charge of Education Rebuilding

Dec.2015

Senior Director, Committee on Rules and Administration of the House of Representatives

Nov. 2015

Chief Deputy Chairman, LDP Diet Affairs Committee

Oct. 2014

Senior Director, Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare of the House of Representatives

Sep.2014

Deputy Secretary-General of the LDP

Oct. 2013

Deputy Chairman, LDP Diet Affairs Committee
Director, Committee on Rules and Administration of the House of Representative

Dec. 2012

Chairman, Committee on Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of the House of Representative

Aug. 2008

State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Sep. 2006

Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare

Sep. 2005

Director, LDP Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Division

Jun. 2000

Elected as a Member of the House of Representatives for the first time

Apr. 1988

Entered Matsushita Institute of Government and Management

Apr. 1986

Joined Lion Corporation

Hobbies

Reading

Family

Wife, Daughter

Motto

Honesty

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