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Yoko Komiyama (小宮山 洋子, Komiyama Yōko, born September 17, 1948) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Shibuya, Tokyo and graduate of Seijo University, she worked at the public broadcaster NHK from 1972 to 1998. She was elected to the House of Councilors for the first time in 1998 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in April 2003. In September 2011 she was appointed Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in the cabinet of newly appointed prime minister Yoshihiko Noda.[1]
Yoko Komiyama | |
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小宮山 洋子 | |
Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare | |
In office 2 September 2011 – 1 October 2012 | |
Prime Minister | Yoshihiko Noda |
Preceded by | Ritsuo Hosokawa |
Succeeded by | Wakio Mitsui |
Personal details | |
Born | Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan | 17 September 1948
Alma mater | Seijo University |
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