Sanae Takaichi

Sanae Takaichi
Sanae Takaichi
高市早苗
	Official portrait, 2019
Minister of State for Economic Security
	In office; 10 August 2022 – 1 October 2024
Prime Minister	Fumio Kishida
Preceded by	Takayuki Kobayashi
Succeeded by	Minoru Kiuchi
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
	In office; 11 September 2019 – 16 September 2020
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Masatoshi Ishida
Succeeded by	Ryota Takeda
	In office; 3 September 2014 – 3 August 2017
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Yoshitaka Shindō
Succeeded by	Seiko Noda
Prime Minister
Ministerial offices
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
	In office; 26 September 2006 – 26 September 2007
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Yuriko Koike
Succeeded by	Fumio Kishida
Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy
	In office; 26 September 2006 – 26 September 2007
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Iwao Matsuda
Succeeded by	Fumio Kishida
Minister of State for Gender Equality and Social Affairs
	In office; 26 September 2006 – 26 September 2007
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Kuniko Inoguchi
Succeeded by	Yōko Kamikawa
Minister of State for Food Safety
	In office; 26 September 2006 – 26 September 2007
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Iwao Matsuda
Succeeded by	Shinya Izumi
Minister of State for Innovation
	In office; 26 September 2006 – 26 September 2007
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Member of the House of Representatives
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 11 September 2005
Constituency	Nara 2nd (2005–2009; 2012–present); Kinki PR block (2009–2012);
	In office; 19 July 1993 – 8 November 2003
Constituency	Nara At-large (1993–1996); Nara 1st (1996–2000); Kinki PR block (2000–2003);
Personal details
Born	7 March 1961 (age 63); Yamatokōriyama, Nara, Japan
Political party	LDP (1996–present)
Other political; affiliations	Independent (1993–1994); Liberals (1994); NFP (1994–1996);
Spouses	; Taku Yamamoto (m. 2004; div. 2017) ; (m. 2021)
Children	3 stepchildren
Alma mater	Kobe University
Occupation	Business manager • Politician
Signature
Website	Government website

Sanae Takaichi (高市早苗, Takaichi Sanae, born 7 March 1961) is a Japanese politician who served as the Minister of State for Economic Security from 2022 to 2024. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, she has served in the House of Representatives since 2005, and had also served in several ministerial posts under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. In 2021, she was a candidate in the Liberal Democratic Party leadership election, but was ultimately eliminated prior to the runoff, placing third.^[1] Takaichi made her second run for the LDP leadership in 2024, where she came in first in the first round but narrowly lost in a runoff to Shigeru Ishiba.

Takaichi has been described as having a "political reputation as a staunch conservative"^[2] and as having been a close ally of former Prime Minister Abe.^[3]

^ Junko Ogura, Selina Wang and Helen Regan (29 September 2021). "Fumio Kishida expected to become Japan's next Prime Minister after ruling party vote". CNN. Archived from the original on 2021-09-29. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
^ Osaki, Tomohiro. "Could Japan soon have a female leader? Sanae Takaichi emerges as a contender". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 2021-09-05. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
^ "Ex-PM Abe supports conservative ally Takaichi as Suga's successor". Kyodo News. 2021-09-04. Archived from the original on 2021-09-04. Retrieved 2021-09-04.

[1] Junko Ogura, Selina Wang and Helen Regan (29 September 2021). "Fumio Kishida expected to become Japan's next Prime Minister after ruling party vote". CNN. Archived from the original on 2021-09-29. Retrieved 2021-09-30.

[The_Japan_Times-2] Osaki, Tomohiro. "Could Japan soon have a female leader? Sanae Takaichi emerges as a contender". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 2021-09-05. Retrieved 7 September 2021.

[3] "Ex-PM Abe supports conservative ally Takaichi as Suga's successor". Kyodo News. 2021-09-04. Archived from the original on 2021-09-04. Retrieved 2021-09-04.

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