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Noda Cabinet (Formed September 2, 2011)

STATE MINISTER, POSTDISASTER RECONSTRUCTION

Tatsuo Hirano

STATE MINISTER, POSTDISASTER RECONSTRUCTION Tatsuo Hirano

Date of birth: May 2, 1954

Party: DPJ

Electoral district: Upper House; Iwate (second term)

Hirano retains the post he was assigned to in early July after his predecessor, Ryu Matsumoto, resigned for making remarks that angered survivors of the March 11 calamity.

Born and raised in Iwate Prefecture, whose coastline was devastated by the tsunami, Hirano was a core member of the government team tasked with aiding recovery in the devastated areas and worked close with Matsumoto.

Hirano was a bureaucrat in the agriculture ministry before winning a seat in the Upper House in 2001 as a member of the now-defunct Liberal Party headed by Ichiro Ozawa.

While he is a member of the Ozawa camp, they differ on some policies, including financial reform.

He is also an advocate of social welfare reform


*Appointed as minister of Reconstruction Agency Feb. 10.

 

Subsequent changes

PRIME MINISTER Yoshihiko Noda

PRIME MINISTER

Yoshihiko Noda

INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER Tatsuo Kawabata

INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER

Tatsuo Kawabata

JUSTICE MINISTER Hideo Hiraoka

JUSTICE MINISTER

Hideo Hiraoka

FOREIGN MINISTER Koichiro Genba

FOREIGN MINISTER

Koichiro Genba

FINANCE MINISTER Jun Azumi

FINANCE MINISTER

Jun Azumi

EDUCATION, CULTURE, SPORTS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MINISTER Masaharu Nakagawa

EDUCATION, CULTURE, SPORTS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MINISTER

Masaharu Nakagawa

HEALTH, LABOR AND WELFARE MINISTER Yoko Komiyama

HEALTH, LABOR AND WELFARE MINISTER

Yoko Komiyama

AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES MINISTER Michihiko Kano

AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES MINISTER

Michihiko Kano

ECONOMY, TRADE AND INDUSTRY MINISTER Yoshio Hachiro

ECONOMY, TRADE AND INDUSTRY MINISTER

Yoshio Hachiro

LAND,
INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND TOURISM MINISTER Takeshi Maeda

LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND TOURISM MINISTER

Takeshi Maeda

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER, STATE MINISTER, NUCLEAR ACCIDENT SETTLEMENT AND PREVENTION Goshi Hosono

ENVIRONMENT MINISTER, STATE MINISTER, NUCLEAR ACCIDENT SETTLEMENT AND PREVENTION

Goshi Hosono

DEFENSE MINISTER Yasuo Ichikawa

DEFENSE MINISTER

Yasuo Ichikawa

CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY Osamu Fujimura

CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY

Osamu Fujimura

NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN Kenji Yamaoka

NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN

Kenji Yamaoka

STATE MINISTER,  FINANCIAL AND POSTAL ISSUES Shozaburo Jimi

STATE MINISTER, FINANCIAL AND POSTAL ISSUES

Shozaburo Jimi

STATE MINISTER, NATIONAL STRATEGY, ECONOMIC AND FISCAL POLICY Motohisa Furukawa

STATE MINISTER, NATIONAL STRATEGY, ECONOMIC AND FISCAL POLICY

Motohisa Furukawa

STATE MINISTER, GOVERNMENT REVITALIZATION Renho

STATE MINISTER, GOVERNMENT REVITALIZATION

Renho