Raizo Matsuno

was a Japanese politician. Matsuno was born in

Yamaga, Kumamoto is a city in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on April 1, 1954. On January 15, 2005, Yamaga absorbed the towns of Kahoku, Kamoto, Kaō and Kikuka (all from Kamoto District) to create the new and expanded city of Yamaga. As ...

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in 1917. He served in the

Imperial Japanese Navy The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: Shinjitai: ' 'Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire', or ''Nippon Kaigun'', 'Japanese Navy') was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945, when it was dissolved following Japan's surrend ...

as an officer at the end of World War II as he was attending Naval Accounting School. Matsuno successively held numerous offices in post-war Japan: * Director-General for the Prime Minister's Office from 1958 to 1959 under Nobusuke Kishi *

Minister of Labor Minister of Labour (in British English) or Labor (in American English) is typically a cabinet-level position with portfolio responsibility for setting national labour standards, labour dispute mechanisms, employment, workforce participation, traini ...

from 1959 to 1960 under Nobusuke Kishi * Director General of the Japan Defense Agency from 1965 to 1966 under

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* Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 1966 under

He was Chairman of the Policy Affairs Research Council at Liberal Democratic Party, the Chairman of the Executive Council. {{DEFAULTSORT:Matsuno, Raizo 1917 births 2006 deaths People from Kumamoto Prefecture Keio University alumni Imperial Japanese Navy officers Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Government ministers of Japan Japanese defense ministers Imperial Japanese Navy personnel of World War II