Tamayo Marukawa
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Tamayo Marukawa | |
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Member of the House of Councillors for Tokyo at-large district | |
Assumed office 29 July 2007 | |
Prime Minister | Yoshihide Suga |
Preceded by | Masako Ōkawara |
Minister of State for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games | |
In office 18 February 2021 – 4 October 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Yoshihide Suga |
Preceded by | Seiko Hashimoto |
Succeeded by | Noriko Horiuchi |
In office 3 August 2016 – 3 August 2017 | |
Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
Preceded by | Toshiaki Endo |
Succeeded by | Shun'ichi Suzuki |
Minister of the Environment | |
In office 7 October 2015 – 3 August 2016 | |
Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
Preceded by | Yoshio Mochizuki |
Succeeded by | Koichi Yamamoto |
Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness | |
In office 7 October 2015 – 3 August 2016 | |
Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
Preceded by | Yoshio Mochizuki |
Succeeded by | Koichi Yamamoto |
Personal details | |
Born | Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan | 19 January 1971
Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
Spouse | Taku Otsuka |
Children | 1[1] |
Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
Occupation | Politician former TV Announcer |
Tamayo Marukawa (
She graduated from the University of Tokyo with the Bachelor of Economics degree in 1993.[2]
The 2007 House of Councillors election marked her entry into politics. The documentary film "Pictures at an Election" covers some of her campaign.[3]
She is married to Taku Otsuka (a member of the House of Representatives). Their wedding ceremony was held in Meiji Shrine on 16 June 2008.[4]
Marukawa has served twice as Minister of State for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. She first served in the role under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe from August 2016 until August 2017. She was named to the post a second time by Yoshihide Suga on 18 February 2021 to replace fellow LDP lawmaker and former Olympian Seiko Hashimoto, who had resigned from her Cabinet post in order to take over as President of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee.[5]
She was affiliated with the nationalist organisation Nippon Kaigi.[6]
References
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丸川 珠代 議員 が第 1子 の男児 出産 .日刊 スポーツ (in Japanese). 27 June 2012. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012. - ^ Official profile Retrieved 2 May 2011. (in Japanese)
- ^ Documentary film. ""Pictures at an Election"". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021.
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丸川 珠代 「KY婚 」に小泉 “下 ネタ”ジョークも会期 中 、宮城 内陸 地震 直後 なのに…. ZAKZAK芸能 ニュース (in Japanese). ZAKZAK. 17 June 2008. Archived from the original on 20 September 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2016. - ^ "Female ex-Olympic athlete Hashimoto takes over as Tokyo Games chief". english.kyodonews.net. Kyodo News. 18 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
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自民 ・丸川 珠代 氏 「日本 会議 」議連 の役員 に".日本 共産党 東京 都 委員 会 (in Japanese). 9 July 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Japanese)
- Profile on LDP website (in Japanese)
- 1971 births
- Living people
- People from Kobe
- University of Tokyo alumni
- Women members of the House of Councillors (Japan)
- Members of the House of Councillors (Japan)
- Spouses of Japanese politicians
- TV Asahi
- Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians
- Women government ministers of Japan
- Environment ministers of Japan
- 21st-century Japanese politicians
- 21st-century Japanese women politicians
- Recipients of the Paralympic Order
- Members of Nippon Kaigi
- Japanese politician, 1970s birth stubs