Fumiko Hayashi (manager)
Fumiko Hayashi ( Japanese 林 文 子 , Hayashi Fumiko ; born May 5, 1946 in Tokyo Prefecture ) is a Japanese politician and former manager. She is the first-term mayor of Yokohama . Before that she was President of BMW Tokyo and Vice President of the Japanese supermarket chain Daei .
Hayashi worked after graduating from Aoyama High School of Tokyo Prefecture ( Tōkyōtoritsu Aoyama kōtō-gakkō ) for Tōyō Rayon , Matsushita Denki Sangyō and Tateishi Denki . From 1987 she worked for BMW Tōkyō, which she headed from 2003 as executive director ( daihyō-torishimariyaku -shachō ). In 2005 she moved to Daiei and in 2008 to Nissan Jidōsha , whose Tokyo sales subsidiary she managed until 2009.
In the Forbes ranking of the 100 most powerful women, she ranks 39th, making her the highest ranked Japanese woman.
In August 2009, at the same time as the national lower house election , she was elected mayor of Yokohama City, with the support of the Democratic Party, to succeed the resigned Hiroshi Nakada . She took office on September 1, 2009.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Forbes Article
- ↑ Hayashi triumphant in close Yokohama mayoral campaign. In: The Japan Times . September 1, 2009, accessed March 30, 2010 .
- ↑ JANJAN, ザ ・ 選 挙 : Mayoral election results for Yokohama 2009 ( memento of the original from January 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Yokohama City: Mayor's Office (Japanese)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hayashi, Fumiko |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 林文子 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese politician and former manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 5, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tokyo prefecture |