Harumi Takahashi Politician

Harumi Takahashi (高橋 はるみ, Takahashi Harumi, born 6 January 1954) is the present governor of the Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido. She graduated from Hitotsubashi University in 1976. She started her career as a bureaucrat in the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (now Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) and quit in 2003. She was elected in April 2003, becoming the first female governor of Hokkaido and the fourth female governor in Japanese history.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 06, 1954
Birth place
Toyama Toyama
Education
Hitotsubashi University

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Office holder

officeGovernor of Hokkaido

Topical connections

Kafū NagaiWriter
Akira Suzuki Scientist
Tatsuya HoriPolitician
Takahiro YokomichiPolitician

Harumi Takahashi on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.apsanet.org/imgtest/GovRaceHokkaido-Aiuchi.pdf
  2. http://www.haruchan.jp
  3. http://www.pref.hokkaido.jp/soumu/sm-thsho/index.html