Maki Ikeda

Maki Ikeda
池田 真紀
Ikeda in 2019
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
31 October 2024
Preceded byYoshiaki Wada
ConstituencyHokkaido 5th
In office
27 October 2017 – 14 October 2021
ConstituencyHokkaido PR
Personal details
Born (1972-05-24) 24 May 1972
Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations		CDP
Children2
Alma materHokkaido University
Websiteikemaki.jp

Maki Ikeda (池田 真紀, Ikeda Maki; born 24 May 1972) is a Japanese politician who has been in the House of Representatives as a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan since 2024, and from 2017 to 2021.

Early life and education

Maki Ikeda was born in Itabashi, Japan, on 24 May 1972.[1] She suffered abuse from her father before starting kindergarten. In junior high school she went to live with her grandmother after her mother and younger sister left the family due to her father's abuse.[2] She graduated from Hokkaido University in 2015.[1]

Career

From 1997 to 2011, Ikeda worked at the Welfare Office in Itabashi.[1] In 2011, she moved from Tokyo to Hokkaido.[2]

In the 2014 election Ikeda ran as an independent candidate in Hokkaido 2nd district, but lost.[1] She ran in Hokkaido 5th district for a 2016 by-election, but lost to Yoshiaki Wada.[3] She ran for the seat again in the 2017 election as a Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan candidate and received fewer votes than Wada, but obtained enough votes to be returned through the CDP's PR block list.[4]

Ikeda lost reelection in 2021, but was elected in 2024. Ikeda was an independent candidate in the 2023 Hokkaido gubernatorial election, but lost.[1]

Personal life

Ikeda married at age 18 and had two children before her husband abandoned her due to his large amount of debt.[2] She is a single mother of two children.[1]

Political positions

Ikeda supports recognising same-sex marriage and allowing couples to retain their maiden name after marriage. She believes that the prime minister should not visit the Yasukuni Shrine. She supports adhering to the Three Non-Nuclear Principles and does not support expanding Japan's military.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Maki Ikeda.
  2. ^ a b c Domestic violence, family separation... Constitutional Democratic Party lawmaker Maki Ikeda's past 2017.
  3. ^ April 24, 2016: House of Representatives by-election for Hokkaido 5th District - Voting and Counting Report.
  4. ^ Early results of single-seat constituency votes: Hokkaido (12 seats).
  5. ^ Asahi Shimbun and the University of Tokyo's Taniguchi Laboratory joint survey.

Works cited

News

  • "Asahi Shimbun and the University of Tokyo's Taniguchi Laboratory joint survey". The Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on 5 July 2025.
  • "Domestic violence, family separation... Constitutional Democratic Party lawmaker Maki Ikeda's past". Josei Jishin. 13 November 2017. Archived from the original on 5 July 2025.
  • "Early results of single-seat constituency votes: Hokkaido (12 seats)". The Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on 5 July 2025.

Web

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