Raizo Matsuno

Raizo Matsuno
松野 頼三
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
In office
1 August 1966 – 3 December 1966
Prime MinisterEisaku Satō
Preceded byEiichi Sakata
Succeeded byTadao Kuraishi
Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency
In office
3 June 1965 – 1 August 1966
Prime MinisterEisaku Satō
Preceded byJun'ya Koizumi
Succeeded byEikichi Kanbayashiyama
Minister of Labour
In office
18 June 1959 – 19 July 1960
Prime MinisterNobusuke Kishi
Preceded byTadao Kuraishi
Succeeded byHirohide Ishida
Director-General for the Prime Minister's Office
In office
12 June 1958 – 18 June 1959
Prime MinisterNobusuke Kishi
Preceded byJirō Imamatsu
Succeeded byFukuda Tokuyasu
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
23 June 1980 – 24 January 1990
Preceded byEijirō Seno
Succeeded byToshikatsu Matsuoka
ConstituencyKumamoto 1st
In office
26 April 1947 – 25 July 1979
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byHiroshi Kitaguchi
ConstituencyKumamoto 1st
Personal details
Born(1917-02-17)17 February 1917
Yamaga, Kumamoto, Japan
Died10 May 2006(2006-05-10) (aged 89)
Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Other political
affiliations
JLP (1947–1948)
DLP (1948–1950)
LP (1950–1955)
ChildrenYorihisa Matsuno
Parent
  • Tsuruhei Matsuno (father)
RelativesNoda Utarō (grandfather)
Alma materKeio University
Military service
Allegiance Empire of Japan
Branch/service Imperial Japanese Navy
Years of service1940–1945
RankLieutenant-Commander

Raizo Matsuno (松野 頼三, Matsuno Raizō; 12 February 1917 – 10 May 2006) was a Japanese politician. Born in Yamaga, Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture in 1917, Matsuno served in the Imperial Japanese Navy as an officer at the end of World War II as he was attending Naval Accounting School.

He successively held numerous offices in post-war Japan:

He was Chairman of the Policy Affairs Research Council at Liberal Democratic Party, Chairman of the Executive Council.