# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hikaru-matsunaga
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:24:00.129Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hikaru-matsunaga"
name: "Hikaru Matsunaga"
slug: "hikaru-matsunaga"
description: "Hikaru Matsunaga  was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) who briefly served as the Minister of Finance from 27 January to 30 July 1998."
tagline: "Japanese politician, lawyer (1928-2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hikaru_Matsunaga.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1928-11-23"
deathDate: "2022-10-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.59
  momentum:             6.949152542372882
  historical:           6.562601333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%BE%E6%B0%B8%E5%85%89"
    title: "松永光"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%BA%D8%A7"
    title: "هيكارو ماتسوناغا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7"
    title: "هيكارو ماتسوناجا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikaru_Matsunaga"
    title: "Hikaru Matsunaga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikaru_Matsunaga"
    title: "Hikaru Matsunaga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikaru_Matsunaga"
    title: "Hikaru Matsunaga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%BE%E6%B0%B8%E5%85%89"
    title: "松永光"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5463021"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump