Hirofumi Hirano | |
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平野 博文 | |
 Hirano in 2012. | |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary | |
| In office 16 September 2009 – 8 June 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Yukio Hatoyama |
| Preceded by | Takeo Kawamura |
| Succeeded by | Yoshito Sengoku |
| Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology | |
| In office 13 January 2012 – 1 October 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Yoshihiko Noda |
| Preceded by | Masaharu Nakagawa |
| Succeeded by | Makiko Tanaka |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 21 October 1996 - 16 November 2012 19 December 2014 – 14 October 2021 | |
| Constituency | Kinki PR block (2014-2017) Osaka 11th district (1996-2012,2017-2021) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 19, 1949 Katsuragi, Wakayama, Japan |
| Political party | CDP (2020-present) |
| Other political affiliations | Independent (1996-1998) Democratic (1998-2016, merger) DP (2016-2018, merger) DPP (2018-2020, merger) |
| Alma mater | Chuo University |
| Signature |  |
Hirofumi Hirano (平野 博文, Hirano Hirofumi, born March 19, 1949) is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and a former member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). He is a native of Katsuragi, Wakayama and he started working for Panasonic Corporation in 1971 after graduating from Chuo University. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996 as an independent. He was the Chief Cabinet Secretary in the Yukio Hatoyama administration. He represented the 11th District of Osaka Prefecture from 1996 until 2012, and again from 2014 to 2021.
