Motohiro Ōno
Motohiro Ōno | |
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大野 元裕 | |
 Official portrait, 2020 | |
| Governor of Saitama Prefecture | |
| Assumed office 31 August 2019 | |
| Monarch | Naruhito |
| Preceded by | Kiyoshi Ueda |
| Member of the House of Councillors | |
| In office 26 July 2010 – 5 August 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Chiyako Shimada |
| Succeeded by | Kiyoshi Ueda |
| Constituency | Saitama at-large |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 November 1963 Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan |
| Political party | Independent (since 2019) |
| Other political affiliations | DPJ (2010–2016) DP (2016–2018) DPP (2018–2019) |
| Alma mater | International University of Japan Keio University |
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Motohiro Ōno (大野 元裕, Ōno Motohiro; born 12 November 1963) is a Japanese politician and the current governor of Saitama Prefecture in Japan. He assumed office replacing Kiyoshi Ueda in the August 2019 gubernatorial elections.[1][2]
Ōno previously served as a member of the House of Councilors from 2010 to 2019 and was a senior researcher at the Middle East Institute of Japan.[3]
References
- ^ Former Upper House lawmaker Motohiro Ono beats ruling bloc-backed rival to become Saitama governor, Japan Times, 9 October 2019.
- ^ Ex-lawmaker beats ruling bloc-backed rival in Saitama governor race Archived 25 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine The Mainichi, 9 October 2019.
- ^ "Prominent Japan Arabist Ono mourns death of UAE president". Arab News Japan. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
