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Japanese mayor (born 1948)
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Kunio Hiramatsu (平松 邦夫, Hiramatsu Kunio)
113x150Kunio Hiramatsu, 3 October 2008
18th Mayor of Osaka
In office
19 December 2007 – 18 December 2011
Preceded byJunichi Seki
Succeeded byTōru Hashimoto
Personal details
Born (1948-11-15) 15 November 1948 (age 76)
Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture
NationalityJapanese
Political partynone
Alma materDoshisha University Law School
Occupationtelevision personality, Mainichi Broadcasting System
ProfessionAnnouncer
Websitehttp://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, when his challenger was the former Osaka Governor Tōru Hashimoto. 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

  1. ^ Johnston, Eric (8 November 2011). "Stunner: JCP skips Osaka mayor race". The Japan Times. Retrieved 8 November 2011.

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Political offices
Preceded byJunichi Seki Mayor of Osaka City
2007–2011 		Succeeded byTōru Hashimoto


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