Mizuho Fukushima
Mizuho Fukushima | |
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Mizuho Fukushima campaigning in Shinjuku, Tokyo, June 24, 2010 | |
Chair of the Social Democratic Party | |
In office 2003–2013 | |
Preceded by | Takako Doi |
Succeeded by | Seiji Mataichi (Acting) |
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for Consumers and Food safety | |
In office September 16, 2009 – May 28, 2010 | |
Prime Minister | Yukio Hatoyama |
Preceded by | Position Established |
Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for Low birth rate | |
In office September 16, 2009 – May 28, 2010 | |
Prime Minister | Yukio Hatoyama |
Preceded by | Position Established |
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for Sex Equality | |
In office September 16, 2009 – May 28, 2010 | |
Prime Minister | Yukio Hatoyama |
Preceded by | Position Established |
Personal details | |
Born | Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan | 24 December 1955
Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Occupation | lawyer[1] |
Mizuho Fukushima (福島 瑞穂 Fukushima Mizuho, born 24 December 1955 in Miyazaki Prefecture) is a Japanese politician. She has been a member of the House of Councillors since 1998,[2] was re-elected in 2004 and 2010,[1] and was the head of the Social Democratic Party of Japan, from 2003 to 2013.[3]
Fukushima was also Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety, Social Affairs, and Gender Equality in Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's cabinet (16 September 2009 – 28 May 2010); the SDP was the junior partner in the DPJ-led government coalition. However, in May 2010 disagreements over the issue of the Marine Corps Air Station Futenma led to the sacking of Fukushima from the cabinet on Friday May 28, and the SDP subsequently voted to leave the ruling coalition.[4]
Fukushima's Social Democratic Party has an anti-nuclear platform, and she has been referred to as a prominent anti-nuclear activist. For three decades, she was at the forefront of an often futile fight against the utilities that operated Japan's nuclear reactors, the corporations that built them and the bureaucrats who enabled them. That situation changed with the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in March 2011.[5]
She has opposed capital punishment on the SDP website.[6]
After a disappointing result in the 2013 election for the House of Councillors she announced her resignation as head of the party.[7]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 (Japanese)
- ↑ House of Councillors website List of the Members
- ↑ The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan Mizuho Fukushima, Leader, Social Democratic Party of Japan
- ↑ BBC News Socialists leave Japan coalition over Okinawa issue
- ↑ Ken Belson (August 19, 2011). "Two Voices Are Heard After Years of Futility". New York Times.
- ↑ "社民党OfficialWeb". 2009. (Japanese)
- ↑ Japan Times SDP’s Fukushima resigns over dual election losses July 25, 2013
External links
- Official website (Japanese)
- Official blog (Japanese)
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