Raizo Matsuno

was a Japanese politician. Born in

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Kumamoto Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Kumamoto Prefecture has a population of 1,748,134 () and has a geographic area of . Kumamoto Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the north, Ōita Prefecture t ...

in 1917, Matsuno 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, Potsdam Declaration, when it was dissolved followin ...

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: * Director-General for the Prime Minister's Office from 1958 to 1959 under

Nobusuke Kishi was a Japanese bureaucrat and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan, prime minister of Japan from 1957 to 1960. He is remembered for his exploitative economic management of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo in China in the 1930s, ...

* Minister of Labor from 1959 to 1960 under

* Director General of the Japan Defense Agency from 1965 to 1966 under

Eisaku Satō was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1964 to 1972. He is the third longest-serving Japanese prime minister, and is ranked second by longest uninterrupted service. Satō is best remembered for securing the return ...

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries may refer to: * Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Cambodia) * Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan) * Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Niue) * Depart ...

1966 under

He was Chairman of the Policy Affairs Research Council at

Liberal Democratic Party Several political parties from around the world have been called the Liberal Democratic Party, Democratic Liberal Party or Liberal Democrats. These parties have usually followed liberalism as ideology, although they can vary widely from very progr ...

, Chairman of the Executive Council. {{DEFAULTSORT:Matsuno, Raizo 1917 births 2006 deaths Politicians from Kumamoto Prefecture Keio University alumni Imperial Japanese Navy officers Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Government ministers of Japan Ministers of defense of Japan Imperial Japanese Navy personnel of World War II