Masahiro Futahashi

Masahiro Futahashi
二橋 正弘
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
(Administrative affairs)
In office
September 26, 2007  September 24, 2008
Prime MinisterYasuo Fukuda
Preceded byJunzō Matoba
Succeeded byIwao Uruma
In office
September 22, 2003  September 26, 2006
Prime MinisterJunichiro Koizumi
Preceded byTeijirō Furukawa
Succeeded byJunzō Matoba
Personal details
Born (1941-12-27) 27 December 1941
Toyama Prefecture, Japan
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo

Masahiro Futahashi (二橋 正弘, Futahashi Masahiro; born December 27, 1941) is a Japanese official who served twice as Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary from 2003 to 2006 and 2007 to 2008. He served under the cabinets of Junichiro Koizumi and Yasuo Fukuda.

Before that, Futuhashi was a bureaucrat in the Ministry of Home Affairs, serving as administrative vice minister from 1999 to 2001