is a Japanese

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

, an independent and former member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of

Hiroshima Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Hiroshima Prefecture has a population of 2,811,410 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 8,479 km² (3,274 sq mi). Hiroshima Prefecture borders Okayama ...

and graduate of

Kobe Gakuin University is a private, co-educational university located on the western edge of the city of Kobe, in Hyōgo Prefecture in Japan. It was founded in 1966 and overlooks the city of Akashi, the Akashi Straits and the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge - the longest susp ...

, he served in the House of Councillors between 2007 and 2013. He worked as a newsreader from 1992 to 2006. In October 2017, he came out as gay.希望の党・松浦大悟氏「LGBTカミングアウト阻止された」「LGBT左派から横やり」とツイート
産経新聞10月27日付

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* in Japanese. Members of the House of Councillors (Japan) 1969 births Living people Gay politicians Japanese gay men Japanese LGBT politicians 21st-century Japanese LGBT people {{Japan-politician-1960s-stub