Yorihisa Matsuno

Yorihisa Matsuno
松野 頼久
Official portrait, 2009
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
(Political affairs, House of Representatives)
In office
16 September 2009  8 June 2010
Prime MinisterYukio Hatoyama
Preceded byJun Matsumoto
Succeeded byMotohisa Furukawa
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
26 June 2000  28 September 2017
Preceded byEiichi Iwashita
Succeeded byMulti-member district
ConstituencyKumamoto 1st (2000–2012)
Kyushu PR (2012–2017)
Personal details
Born (1960-09-19) 19 September 1960
Kikuka, Kumamoto, Japan
Political partyKibō no Tō (since 2017)
Other political
affiliations
JNP (1992–1994)
NFP (1994–1997)
From Five (1997–1998)
GGP (1998)
DPJ (1998–2012)
JRP (2012–2014)
JIP (2014–2016)
DP (2016–2017)
Parent
Alma materKeio University
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Yorihisa Matsuno (松野 頼久, Matsuno Yorihisa, born September 19, 1960) is a former Japanese politician. He was a member of the Japan Restoration Association (JRA), and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). On October 3, 2012, he was selected as the parliamentary leader of the JRA and held this position until the party dissolved in September 2014. He is the member for the Kumamoto No. 1 seat and has been elected four times.