Takako Doi | |
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Speaker of the House of Representatives | |
In office 6 August 1993 – 27 September 1996 | |
Monarch | Akihito |
Deputy | Hyōsuke Kujiraoka |
Preceded by | Yoshio Sakurauchi |
Succeeded by | Sōichirō Itō |
Chairwoman of the Social Democratic Party | |
In office 9 September 1986 – 31 July 1991 | |
Preceded by | Masashi Ishibashi |
Succeeded by | Makoto Tanabe |
In office 28 September 1996 – 15 November 2003 | |
Preceded by | Tomiichi Murayama |
Succeeded by | Mizuho Fukushima |
Member of the House of Representatives | |
In office 27 December 1969 – 11 September 2005 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Kobe, Hyōgo, Empire of Japan | November 30, 1928
Died | September 20, 2014 Hyogo Prefecture, Japan | (aged 85)
Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Other political affiliations | Japanese Socialist Party |
Takako Doi (土井 たか子, Doi Takako, November 30, 1928 – September 20, 2014) was a prominent Japanese politician from 1980 until her retirement in 2005. She was the first female Lower House Speaker in Japan, the highest position a female politician has ever held in the country's modern history, as well as the country's first female Opposition Leader.[1]