Harumi Takahashi

Harumi Takahashi
高橋 はるみ
Member of the House of Councillors
Assumed office
28 July 2019
Preceded byChūichi Date
ConstituencyHokkaido
6th Governor of Hokkaido
In office
14 April 2003 – 22 April 2019
Preceded byTatsuya Hori
Succeeded byNaomichi Suzuki
Personal details
Born (1954-01-06) 6 January 1954 (age 70)
Toyama, Toyama Prefecture, Japan
Political partyLDP
Alma materHitotsubashi University

Harumi Takahashi (高橋 はるみ, Takahashi Harumi, born 6 January 1954) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party and currently a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). She served as governor of the prefecture of Hokkaido for four terms from 2003 to 2019. She graduated from Hitotsubashi University with a Bachelor of Economics degree in 1976. She started her career as a bureaucrat in the 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.