Minister for Reconstruction in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake
Minister of State for Disaster Management

Photo of Tatsuo HIRANO


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)


Education:
1982Graduate School (MS Program), Iowa State University, USA
Mar. 1977Graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture, the University of Tokyo

Career:
Jul. 2011Minister for Reconstruction in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake
Minister of State for Disaster Management
(2nd Reshuffled Kan Cabinet)
Jan. 2011Senior Vice Minister of Cabinet Office for National Policy
(2nd Reshuffled Kan Cabinet)
Sep. 2010Senior Vice Minister of Cabinet Office for National Policy (Reshuffled Kan Cabinet)
Jul. 2010Chairman, Committee on Budget, House of Councillors
Jan. 2009Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, House of Councillors
Jul. 2007Member of the House of Councillors (2nd)
Jul. 2001Member of the House of Councillors (1st)
Mar. 2001Resigned from Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Apr. 1977Joined in Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries