Ai Aoki (politician)

Ai Aoki
青木 愛
Ai Aoki in 2016
Member of the House of Councillors
Assumed office
July 2016
Preceded byRyoko Tani
ConstituencyNational
In office
July 2007 – 18 August 2009
Succeeded byTadashi Hirono
ConstituencyNational
Chairperson of the House of Representatives' Special Committee on Consumer Affairs
In office
24 January 2012 – 10 July 2012
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
December 2012 – December 2014
ConstituencyTokyo proportional representation block
In office
August 2009 – December 2012
Preceded byAkihiro Ota
Succeeded byAkihiro Ota
ConstituencyTokyo 12th district
In office
October 2003 – September 2005
ConstituencySouthern Kanto proportional representation block
Personal details
Born (1965-08-18) August 18, 1965 (age 59)
Sumida, Tokyo, Japan
Political partyDPP
Other political
affiliations
Liberal (2001–2003)
Democratic (2003–2012)
People's Life First (2012)
Tomorrow (2012)
Liberal (2014–2019)
EducationMaster of Education
Alma materChiba University
Websitewww.aoki-ai.com

Ai Aoki (青木 愛, Aoki Ai, born August 18, 1965) is a Japanese politician and current member of the People's Life Party. She is a native of Tokyo and graduate of Chiba University. After a career in education, Aoki entered politics in 2003 and has served a total of four terms in the national Diet of Japan, having sat in the House of Representatives from 2003 to 2005 and 2009–2014, and a partial term in the House of Councillors from 2007 to 2009. Aoki was returned to the House of Councillors in the election held on 10 July 2016.