Raizo Matsuno
{{Short description|Japanese politician}}
{{Unreferenced|date=December 2009}}
{{Infobox Officeholder
|name = Raizo Matsuno
|native_name = {{nobold|松野 頼三}}
|native_name_lang = ja
|image = Raizo Matsuno 19661020.jpg
|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 = {{birth date|1917|2|17}}
|birth_place = Yamaga, Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Empire of Japan
|death_date = {{death date and age|2006|5|10|1917|2|17|df=y}}
|death_place = Tokyo, Japan
|party = Liberal Democratic Party
|alma_mater = Keio University
|allegiance = {{flag|Empire of Japan}}
|branch = {{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|serviceyears = 1940–1945
|rank = Lieutenant-Commander
|battles =
}}
{{nihongo|Raizo Matsuno|松野 頼三|Matsuno Raizō|extra=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:
- Director-General for the Prime Minister's Office from 1958 to 1959 under Nobusuke Kishi
- Minister of Labor from 1959 to 1960 under Nobusuke Kishi
- Director General of the Japan Defense Agency from 1965 to 1966 under Eisaku Satō
- Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 1966 under Eisaku Satō
He was Chairman of the Policy Affairs Research Council at Liberal Democratic Party, Chairman of the Executive Council.
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Category:Politicians from Kumamoto Prefecture
Category:Keio University alumni
Category:Imperial Japanese Navy officers
Category:Members of the House of Representatives (Japan)
Category:Government ministers of Japan