Kunio Hiramatsu
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Kunio Hiramatsu (平松 邦夫, Hiramatsu Kunio) | |
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![]() Kunio Hiramatsu, 3 October 2008 | |
18th Mayor of Osaka | |
In office 19 December 2007 – 18 December 2011 | |
Preceded by | Junichi Seki |
Succeeded by | Tōru Hashimoto |
Personal details | |
Born | Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture | 15 November 1948
Nationality | Japanese |
Political party | none |
Alma mater | Doshisha University Law School |
Occupation | television personality, Mainichi Broadcasting System |
Profession | Announcer |
Website | http://www.hiramatsu-osaka.com/ |
Kunio Hiramatsu (平松 邦夫, Hiramatsu Kunio, born 15 November 1948) was the mayor of Osaka in Japan. He was elected in 2007 with centre-left support from the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), People's New Party and the Social Democratic Party, defeating the centre-right supported incumbent Jun'ichi Seki by 50,000 votes.
Hiramatsu unsuccessfully ran for re-election in Osaka's mayoral election on 27 November 2011,[1] when his challenger was the former Osaka Governor Tōru Hashimoto.[1] Despite support from both major Japanese national parties (the DPJ and the Liberal Democratic Party), and the Japanese Communist Party retracting their candidate to support his re-election bid, Hiramatsu lost to Hashimoto by a margin of well over 200,000 votes.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Johnston, Eric (8 November 2011). "Stunner: JCP skips Osaka mayor race". The Japan Times. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
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