Yorihisa Matsuno

Yorihisa Matsuno (松野 頼久^?, Matsuno Yorihisa, born September 19, 1960) is a Japanese politician of the Japan Restoration Association, and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). On October 3, 2012 he was selected as the parliamentary leader of the JRA. He is the member for the Kumamoto No. 1 seat and has been elected four times.

A native of Kamoto District, Kumamoto and graduate of Keio University, he was a staff member at the headquarters of the Japan New Party, and secretary to former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa. Subsequently, he worked at the New Frontier Party headquarters.

He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000 after an unsuccessful run in 1998. Matsuno served as Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary during the 2009-2010 Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) administration of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama. Matsuno was a member of the Hatoyama group within the DPJ.

On September 11, 2012 Matsuno submitted his resignation to the DPJ and joined Tōru Hashimoto's new national political party, the Japan Restoration Association, Nippon Isshin no Kai. He became one of seven initial lawmakers from the DPJ, Liberal Democratic Party, and Your Party to join the new party.

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