Sanae Takaichi
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| Sanae Takaichi | |
| Image:Stakaichiphoto.jpg Representative of the National Diet |
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Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
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| In office September 26, 2006 – present |
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| Preceded by | Minoru Taki |
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| Succeeded by | Incumbent |
| Constituency | Nara 2nd District |
| Majority | 92,096 |
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| Born | March 7, 1961 Nara City, Nara |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic |
| Spouse | Taku Yamamoto |
| Children | None |
| Website | http://rep.sanae.gr.jp// |
Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗 Takaichi Sanae?, born March 7, 1961) is concurrently serving in the following positions: Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs, Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy, Minister of State for Innovation, Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Gender Equality[1] and Minister of State for Food Safety in the Japanese Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Born and raised in Nara City, Nara, Takaichi graduated from to Nara Prefectural Unebi Senior High School for her secondary education, then she received Bachelor of Business Administration from Kobe University in 1984.
She graduated from Matsushita Institute of Government and Management. In 1987, she moved to the United States to work for Democratic Representative Patricia Schroeder as a Congressional Fellow. When Takaichi returned to Japan on 1989, she gained attention from the mass media as a legislative analyst with experience in the US Congress, and wrote books based on the experience. In 1992, she formed Kansai Hi-Vision Consortium and presided as the first chairperson.
In 1993, Takaichi ran as an independent candidate for the House of Representatives, Nara Prefectural district and won the most votes. She joined the "Liberals" study group of Liberal DemocraticParty (LDP), lead by Koji Kakizawa, which became part of the New Frontier Party.
In 1996, Takaichi ran as sanctioned candidate from New Frontier Party and reelected to the House of Representatives (lower house). However New Frontier Party lost nationally. On November 5, she responded to recruitment from the Secretary-General of LDP Koichi Kato, and, then, joined the LDP. Act of switching the party, two months after winning the election with anti-LDP votes resulted in heavy criticism from the New Frontier Party members.
In the LDP, Takaichi belonged to the Mori Faction (formally, the Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyū-kai) and she served as a Parliamentary Vice Minister for MITI under Keizo Obuchi cabinet. She also served as chairman of Education and Science Committee. In 2000, lower house election she was placed in the first position in proportional representation ballot from LDP and easily won her third term.
In 2002 she was appointed as the Senior Vice Minister of METI under Junichiro Koizumi. However in 2003 lower house Election, the first since she switched parties with her own name on the ballot, she lost, despite of the high profile standing she had in the party and the cabinet.
In 2004 she took a faculty position at Kinki University. She married Taku Yamamoto who is a fellow member of lower house.
On September 2005, she was enlisted by Junichiro Koizumi to run as an "assassin" against Minoru Taki who was ejected from the party due to his opposition to Koizumi's postal reform. Takaichi was quoted as saying "Taki-sensei took very good care of me and his daughter is like my little sister* when she was asked to run against Taki. She did agree to run against Taki and she returned to her 4th term in the lower house.
[edit] Trivia
- Takaichi played drums in a heavy metal band during her undergraduate years.
[edit] External links
- (Japanese) Official website
[edit] Notes
- ^ Although the term "Youth Affairs" is used in its official English title, the original Japanese title shōshika (少子化?) is more aptly translated as "diminishing birth rate issue".
| Preceded by Yuriko Koike |
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs 2006 – present |
Incumbent |
| Preceded by Iwao Matsuda |
Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy 2006 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by None |
Minister of State for Innovation 2006 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Kuniko Inoguchi |
Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Gender Equality 2006 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Iwao Matsuda |
Minister of State for Food Safety 2006 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Minoru Taki |
Representative from Nara 2nd District 2005 – present |
Incumbent |
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