is a Japanese

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

who currently serves as the Secretary-General of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan. She is a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet and represents the Niigata 1st district. Her married name is .

Biography

A native of Tsubame, Niigata she attended

Niigata University is a national university in Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. It was established in 1949 and has its major origins in Niigata Medical College (established in 1922) and in Niigata Higher School (established in 1919). It is one of the largest Jap ...

(as both undergraduate and graduate), a language school in Bangkok, Thailand, and

University of Bristol , mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'') , established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter , type ...

in England. She was elected to the assembly of Niigata Prefecture for the first time in 1999 and to the Diet for the first time in 2003. She served as a Vice Health Minister in the Noda administration and as a Parliamentary Secretary of the Foreign Minister in the Hatoyama administration. She was appointed Secretary-General of the CDP in December 2021 following the 2021 general elections. Her husband is former Representative

Hiranao Honda is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Sapporo, Honda represents Hokkaido through the Hokkaido PR block. Honda firs ...

from Hokkaido.

References

External links

Official website
in Japanese 1967 births Living people People from Tsubame, Niigata Alumni of the University of Bristol Japanese expatriates in Thailand Japanese expatriates in the United Kingdom Female members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan politicians Democratic Party of Japan politicians 21st-century Japanese politicians 21st-century Japanese women politicians {{Japan-politician-1960s-stub