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 ...
from
Ōmuta, Fukuoka
is a Cities of Japan, city in Fukuoka Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 112,052 and a population density of 1,376 persons per km2. The total area is 81.45 km2.
The mayor is Michio Koga.
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Having graduated from
Keio University
, mottoeng = The pen is mightier than the sword
, type = Private research coeducational higher education institution
, established = 1858
, founder = Yukichi Fukuzawa
, endowmen ...
, Tōma was elected to in 1979. She ran unsuccessfully for the Tokorozawa mayoral election in 1991 and for the
national lower house election in 1996 before she was elected to the
Saitama Prefectural Assembly
The is the prefectural parliament of Saitama Prefecture
is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (1 January 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 km2 (1, ...
in 1999. Elected as mayor of Tokorozawa in October 2007, Tōma became the first woman to hold that post.
References
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External links
Mayor room Tokorozawa city official websiteOfficial website
Mayors of places in Saitama Prefecture
People from Ōmuta, Fukuoka
Keio University alumni
1949 births
Living people
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