Raizo Matsuno

Director-General of the Japan Defense AgencyIn office
3 June 1965 – 1 August 1966Prime MinisterEisaku SatōPreceded byJun'ya KoizumiSucceeded byEikichi KanbayashiyamaDirector-General for the Prime Minister's OfficeIn office
1958–1959Prime MinisterNobusuke KishiMinister of LaborIn office
1959–1960Prime MinisterNobusuke KishiMinister of Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesIn office
1966–1966Prime MinisterEisaku Satō Personal detailsBorn(1917-02-17)February 17, 1917
Yamaga, Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Empire of JapanDied10 May 2006(2006-05-10) (aged 89)
Tokyo, JapanPolitical partyLiberal Democratic PartyAlma materKeio UniversityMilitary serviceAllegiance Empire of JapanBranch/service Imperial Japanese NavyYears of service1940–1945RankLieutenant-Commander

Raizo Matsuno (松野 頼三, Matsuno Raizō, 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.