Raizo Matsuno Explained

Raizo Matsuno
Native Name Lang:ja
Office1:Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency
Primeminister1:Eisaku Satō
Term Start1:3 June 1965
Term End1:1 August 1966
Predecessor1:Jun'ya Koizumi
Successor1:Eikichi Kanbayashiyama
Office2:Director-General for the Prime Minister's Office
Primeminister2:Nobusuke Kishi
Term Start2:1958
Term End2:1959
Office3:Minister of Labor
Primeminister3:Nobusuke Kishi
Term Start3:1959
Term End3:1960
Office4:Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Primeminister4:Eisaku Satō
Term Start4:1966
Term End4:1966
Birth Date:17 February 1917
Birth Place:Yamaga, Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Empire of Japan
Death Place:Tokyo, Japan
Party:Liberal Democratic Party
Alma Mater:Keio University
Serviceyears:1940–1945
Rank:Lieutenant-Commander

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.