Tomoko Abe

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Tomoko Abe
Abe in 2024
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 June 2000
Preceded by	Tsuyoshi Hoshino
Constituency	Kanagawa-12th (2017―present) Minami-Kantō PR (2000―2017)
Personal details
Born	(1948-04-24) 24 April 1948 (age 76) Meguro, Tokyo
Political party	CDP
Other political affiliations	DP (2016―2017, split) DPJ (2014―2016, merger) Independent (2012, 2013―2014) Green Wind (2013, dissolution) TPJ (2012―2013) SDP (1998―2012)
Alma mater	University of Tokyo
Occupation	Politician Paediatrician
Website	Official website

Tomoko Abe (阿部 知子, Abe Tomoko, born 24 April 1948) is a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives. She is currently a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party. She was formerly the policy chief of the centre-left Social Democratic Party (SDP), and later the president and sole member of the short-lived Tomorrow Party of Japan.

She has been elected to Kanagawa 12th District constituency eight times.^[1] As of February 2024, she was the Deputy Director-General for the CDP’s Office for Tsunagaru Networking.^[2]