Yoshiko Kira
Yoshiko Kira ( Japanese 吉 良 佳 子 , Kira Yoshiko ; born September 14, 1982 in Kōchi , Kōchi Prefecture ) is a Japanese politician of the Communist Party of Japan (CPJ) and has represented Tokyo in the Sangiin , the upper house of the Japanese Parliament , since 2013 .
After graduating from Waseda University , Kira initially worked for a printing company in Toshima . In the prefectural parliamentary election in Tokyo in 2009 , she ran for the CPJ in the three-mandate constituency of Toshima, but was subject to the three incumbents of DPJ , LDP and Kōmeitō with around 16% of the votes . She later worked as a secretary for the CPY Sangiin MP Tomoko Tamura .
In the 2013 Sangiin election , she ran in the five-seat constituency of Tokyo. It received 703,901 votes (12.5%) and thus the third highest percentage of votes. For the first time since 2001, the CPJ succeeded in gaining a seat in Tokyo. In 2019 she was able to defend her seat with 12.3% of the vote.
family
Kira's father Tomihiko is a member of the Kōchi Prefectural Parliament and a former member of the Kōchi City Council.
Web links
- Official Website (Japanese)
- Sangiin , MP: Kira Yoshiko (Japanese, English )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Yomiuri Shimbun , Tokyo Prefectural Parliament Election Results 2009 : Toshima ( Memento from July 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ 吉良佳 子 Kira Yoshiko. In: Sangini election results 2013. Yomiuri Shimbun Online, July 2013, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on May 13, 2019 .
- ↑ 吉 良 よ し 子 物語 ４ 日本 共産党 参 院 東京 選 挙 区 予 定 候補 . In: Tōkyō Minpō. April 28, 2013, Retrieved September 2, 2013 (Japanese).
- ↑ CPJ Kōchi Prefectural Parliamentary Group: Members , accessed May 13, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kira, Yoshiko |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 吉良佳 子 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 14, 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kōchi , Kōchi Prefecture |