What is Hirokazu Matsuno?
{{Notice|This page needs more citations. Having more information to verify would help the article and its readers.}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Hirokazu Matsuno | native_name = {{nobold|松野 博一}} | native_name_lang = ja | image = Hirokazu Matsuno 20211110.jpg | caption = Official portrait, 2021 | office = [[Chief Cabinet Secretary]] | primeminister = [[Fumio Kishida]] | term_start = 4 October 2021 | term_end = 14 December 2023 | predecessor = [[Katsunobu Katō]] | successor = [[Yoshimasa Hayashi]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/12/e77b2863e845-japan-pm-kishida-to-replace-spokesman-other-scandal-hit-ministers.html | title=Embattled Japan PM Kishida ousts LDP's most powerful faction from Cabinet }}</ref> | office1 = [[Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology]] |primeminister1 = [[Shinzō Abe]] |term_start1 = 3 August 2016 |term_end1 = 3 August 2017 |predecessor1 = [[Hiroshi Hase]] |successor1 = [[Yoshimasa Hayashi]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|09|13|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Kisarazu, Chiba|Kisarazu]], Japan | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]] | alma_mater = [[Waseda University]] }} {{nihongo|'''Hirokazu Matsuno'''|松野 博一|Matsuno Hirokazu|extra=born September 13, 1962}} is a Japanese [[politician]]. He was the [[Chief Cabinet Secretary]] from 2021 to 2023.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lies|first=Elaine|date=2021-10-03|title=Many faces in Japan's new government belong to allies of PM Abe |language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japans-kishida-set-take-office-form-government-2021-10-03/}}</ref> He is in the [[House of Representatives of Japan|House of Representatives]] as a member of the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]] since 2000.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/diet/profile/0000/00000097.html |script-title=ja:政治家情報 〜松野 博