Harumi Takahashi
Harumi Takahashi | |
|---|---|
高橋 はるみ | |
Official portrait, 2021 | |
| Member of the House of Councillors | |
| Assumed office 29 July 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Chūichi Date |
| Constituency | Hokkaido at-large |
| Governor of Hokkaido | |
| In office 23 April 2003 – 22 April 2019 | |
| Monarch | Akihito |
| Preceded by | Tatsuya Hori |
| Succeeded by | Naomichi Suzuki |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 January 1954 Toyama City, Toyama, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic |
| Relatives | Hachiro Nitta (brother) |
| Alma mater | Hitotsubashi University |
Harumi Takahashi (高橋 はるみ, Takahashi Harumi; born 6 January 1954) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party and currently a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). She served as governor of the prefecture of Hokkaido for four terms from 2003 to 2019. She graduated from Hitotsubashi University with a Bachelor of Economics degree in 1976. She started her career as a bureaucrat in the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and quit in 2003. She was elected in April 2003, becoming the first female governor of Hokkaido and the fourth female governor in Japanese history.
External links
- An article on the electoral campaign of Harumi Takahashi, published by the American Political Science Association (PDF) Archived 2 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- Governor of Hokkaido website (in Japanese)
- Personal website (in Japanese)