Hirofumi Hirano (平野 博文, Hirano Hirofumi, born March 19, 1949) is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and a former member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). He is a native of Katsuragi, Wakayama and he started working for Panasonic Corporation in 1971 after graduating from Chuo University. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996 as an independent. He was the Chief Cabinet Secretary in the Yukio Hatoyama administration. He represented the 11th District of Osaka Prefecture from 1996 until 2012, and again from 2014 to 2021.

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Political offices
Preceded by Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan
2009–2010
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety
(acting)

2010
Succeeded by
Minister of State for Social Affairs and Gender Equality
(acting)

2010
Succeeded by
House of Representatives (Japan)
New constituency Representative for Osaka's 11th district
1996–2021
Succeeded by