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is a Japanese 
On July 5, 2011, after the abrupt resignation of
Cabinet Profiles: Noda Cabinet
, 3 September 2011, p. 3.
is a Japanese politician
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of the Democratic Party of Japan
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, a member of the House of Councillors
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in the Diet
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(national legislature). A native of Kitakami, Iwate
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and graduate of the University of Tokyo
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, he joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries may refer to:
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in 1977, attending the Iowa State University
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in the United States as a ministry official. In 2001, he left the ministry and was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time.
On July 5, 2011, after the abrupt resignation of Ryū Matsumoto
was a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Fukuoka, Fukuoka and graduate of Chuo University, he was elected to the House of Representatives f ...
, Hirano was named the Minister of State for Disaster Management, in the aftermath of the Great East Japan earthquake
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in his native Tōhoku region. He was reappointed to the post in September 2011 in the cabinet of newly appointed prime minister Yoshihiko Noda
is a Japanese politician who was Prime Minister of Japan from 2011 to 2012. He was a member of the Democratic Party, and a member of the House of Representatives (lower house) in the Diet (national legislature). He was named to succeed Naoto ...
.'' Japan Times'',Cabinet Profiles: Noda Cabinet
, 3 September 2011, p. 3.
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