Teruhiko Mashiko

Teruhiko Mashiko
増子 輝彦
Official portrait, 2009
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
25 April 2007 – 25 July 2022
Preceded byYūhei Satō
Succeeded byHokuto Hoshi
ConstituencyFukushima at-large
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
10 November 2003 – 8 August 2005
ConstituencyTohoku PR
In office
19 February 1990 – 27 September 1996
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyFukushima 1st
Member of the Fukushima Prefectural Assembly
In office
1983–1986
ConstituencyKōriyama City
Personal details
Born (1947-10-08) 8 October 1947
Kōriyama, Fukushima, Japan
Political partyIndependent
(1986–1993; 2020–present)
Other political
affiliations
LDP (1983–1986; 1993–1994)
NFP (1994–1998)
GGP (1998)
DPJ (1998–2016)
DP (2016–2018)
DPP (2018–2020)
RelativesGoji Sakamoto (brother-in-law)
Alma materWaseda University

Teruhiko Mashiko (増子 輝彦, Mashiko Teruhiko; born October 8, 1947) is a Japanese politician of the who has served as a member of the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature).

Career

A native of Kōriyama, Fukushima and graduate of Waseda University, he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 1986 after serving in the assembly of Fukushima Prefecture for one term since 1983. He ran again in 1990 and was elected for the first time. After losing his seat in 1996, he ran unsuccessfully in 2000 but was elected in 2003. He lost his seat again in 2005. In 2007, he was elected, this time to the House of Councillors, for the first time.

References

  • 政治家情報 〜増子 輝彦〜. www.senkyo.janjan.jp (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on December 8, 2007. Retrieved November 18, 2007.