Editing Matsumoto, Nagano (section)

==Government==
Matsumoto has a [[mayor-council]] form of government with a directly elected mayor and a [[unicameral]] city legislature of 31 members. The city contributes six members to the Nagano Prefectural Assembly.  In terms of national politics, Matsumoto is grouped with [[Ōmachi, Nagano|Ōmachi]], [[Azumino, Nagano|Azumino]], [[Higashichikuma District, Nagano]], [[Kitaazumi District, Nagano]], [[Kamiminochi District, Nagano]] and part of the city of [[Nagano (city)|Nagano]] to form Nagano 2nd District  in the [[House of Representatives (Japan)|lower house]] of the [[National Diet]].

=== List of Matsumoto mayors (since 1937) ===
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*Yorinaga Ori (小里頼永) July 1937 to August 1937
*Okimasa Momose (百瀬興政) August 1937 to April 1939
*Wataru Momose (百瀬　渡) April 1940 to April 1944
*Morito Hirabayashi (平林盛人) May 1944 to March 1945
*Yasushi Hirayama (平山　泰) July 1945 to March 1946
*Ikuichi Akahane (赤羽幾一) June 1946 to December 1946
*Naohisa Tsutsui (筒井直久) April 1947 to April 1951
*Bunshichiro Matsuoka(松岡文七郎) April 1951 to January 1957
*Tokuya Furuhata (降旗徳弥) March 1957 to March 1969
*Matsumi Fukasawa (深沢松美) March 1969 to March 1976
*Shoji Wago (和合正治) March 1976 to March 1992
*Tadashi Aruga (有賀　正) March 1992 to March 2004
*Akira Sugenoya (菅谷 昭) March 2004 to March 2020
*Yoshinao Gaun (臥雲義尚) March 2020 to present
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