Miki Yamada (
Miki Yamada | |
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Member of the House of Representatives for Tokyo 1st district | |
In office December 2012 – October 2017 | |
Preceded by | Banri Kaieda |
Succeeded by | Banri Kaieda |
Member of the House of Representatives for Tokyo 1st district | |
Assumed office November 2021 | |
Preceded by | Banri Kaieda |
Personal details | |
Born | Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan | March 15, 1974
Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
Alma mater | University of Tokyo Columbia University |
She was born in Shinagawa, Tokyo and received an LLB from the University of Tokyo, following which she joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. She attended business school at Columbia University and subsequently worked in the Cabinet Secretariat under Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, as a management consultant with Boston Consulting Group, and as a marketing executive for Hermès Japan.[1]
She was first elected to the Diet in the 2012 general election, in which she defeated former Economy Minister (and subsequent Democratic Party of Japan president) Banri Kaieda in the Tokyo 1st district. Her campaign was supported by Kaoru Yosano.[2]
Miki was re-elected to serve a further term in parliament in the 2014 general election. She was appointed (and remains) Vice-minister for foreign affairs in the 3rd cabinet re-shuffle of the Abe administration.
In the 2017 general election, Kaieda defeated Yamada by a small margin in the Tokyo 1st district, but Yamada retained a seat in the Diet through the LDP proportional representation list.[3]
References
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山田 みきのプロフィール". Retrieved 14 January 2014. - ^ "
山田 美樹 氏 、最後 に滑 り込 み選挙 区 で海江田 氏 破 る東京 1区 ". MSN Sankei News. 17 December 2012. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2014. - ^ "
衆院 選 2017 :特集 :日経 電子 版 ". www.nikkei.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2017-10-22. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
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