is a former

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ese

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who served in the

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in the

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(national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of

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and graduate of

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and business school at

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she was elected for the first time in 2005 after working at

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and serving in the local assembly in

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. She was defeated in the 2009 election by former MP

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of the DPJ.

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