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Hanako Jimi

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Hanako Jimi
自見 英子
Official portrait, 2022
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
Minister of State for Regional Revitalization
Minister of State for Ainu-Related Policies
Minister for the World Expo 2025
Assumed office
13 September 2023
Prime MinisterFumio Kishida
Preceded byNaoki Okada
Minister for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety
Assumed office
13 September 2023
Prime MinisterFumio Kishida
Preceded byTaro Kono
Member of the House of Councillors
Assumed office
26 July 2016
ConstituencyNational PR block
Personal details
Born (1976-02-15) February 15, 1976 (age 48)
Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party
Spouse
(m. 2021)
Children4
ParentShozaburo Jimi (father)
RelativesRyutaro Hashimoto (father-in-law)
Daijiro Hashimoto (uncle-in-law)
Alma materUniversity of Tsukuba
Tokai University
OccupationPediatricianPolitician

Hanako Jimi (自見 英子, Jimi Hanako, born 15 February 1976) is a Japanese politician who has served as Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs, Minister of State for Regional Revitalization, Minister of State for Ainu-Related Policies, and Minister for the World Expo 2025 since September 2023. She is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and she also serves in the House of Councillors of Japan.[1]

Biography

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She was elected in 2016, and re-elected in 2022.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Ms.JIMI Hanako:House of Councillors". www.sangiin.go.jp. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  2. ^ "List of the Members:House of Councillors". www.sangiin.go.jp. Retrieved 2022-11-04.