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Hideko Nishioka (西岡秀子, Nishioka Hideko) (born 15 March 1964) is a Japanese politician, representing Nagasaki 1st district in the House of Representatives of Japan; first for the Kibō no Tō and then for the Democratic Party For the People.
She earned a law degree from Gakushūin University, before becoming a parliamentary assistant to her father, a member of the House of Representatives of Japan.[1]
In January 2016, she ran for office, nominated by the Democratic Party of Japan. She failed to be elected, and lost to incumbent councillor Genjirō Kaneko.[2]
in the 2017 Japanese general election[3] She ran against the incumbent MP Tsutomu Tomioka (ja), representing the Liberal Democratic Party.[4][5] She won the election by a narrow margin, succeeding Tomioka and recovering her father's seat
She ran in the 2021 Japanese parliamentary elections, and retained her position.[6]
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