Ryu Matsumoto

Ryu Matsumoto
松本 龍
Official portrait, 2010
Minister of the Environment
In office
21 September 2010 – 27 June 2011
Prime MinisterNaoto Kan
Preceded bySakihito Ozawa
Succeeded bySatsuki Eda
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
19 February 1990 – 16 November 2012
Preceded byTadashi Kawano
Succeeded byTakahiro Inoue
ConstituencyFormer Fukuoka 1st (1990–1996)
Fukuoka 1st (1996–2012)
Personal details
Born(1951-05-17)17 May 1951
Died21 July 2018(2018-07-21) (aged 67)
Fukuoka, Japan
PartyDemocratic
Other political
affiliations
JSP (1990–1996)
SDP (1996)
DP (1996–1998)
Parent
RelativesJiichirō Matsumoto (grandfather)
Alma materChuo University
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Ryu Matsumoto (松本 龍, Matsumoto Ryū; May 17, 1951 – July 21, 2018) was a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).