Fumiko Chikuma (知久馬 二三子, Chikuma Fumiko, born 1 February 1937) is a Japanese Social Democratic Party (SDP) politician who was a member of the House of Representatives from 1999 until 2000. Prior to her election, she worked as a local government official for Mitoku, Tottori [ja] and its successor Misasa and as director of Misasa Town Library, before being elected to the latter's town council in 1997, remaining there until 2013.

Fumiko Chikuma
知久馬 二三子
Member of the House of Representatives for the Chūgoku proportional representation block
In office
1999–2000
Preceded byMulti-member constituency
Succeeded byMulti-member constituency
Member of Misasa Town Council
In office
1997–2013
Director of the Misasa Town Library
Personal details
Born (1937-02-01) 1 February 1937 (age 87)
Political partySocial Democratic Party

Biography

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Chikuma was born on 1 February 1937.[1] After graduating from Misasa Junior High School [ja], she started working at the Mitoku [ja] Village Office and, after the village was merged into Misasa, Tottori in 1953, served as the town's director of health policy and as director of Misasa Town Library.[1]

In the 1996 Japanese general election, she ran as the Social Democratic Party candidate for the Tottori 1st district but came second to Shigeru Ishiba;[2] she also came second in the Chūgoku proportional representation block, which had only one winning SDP candidate.[3] The following year, she was elected to Misasa Town Council.[4] In 1999, after Tadatoshi Akiba resigned to successfully run for mayor of Hiroshima, she was elected to the House of Representatives, before losing in the 2000 Japanese general election.[4] Additionally, she has served as representative director of the SDP's Tottori Prefectural Association.[5]

After being unseated from the national Diet, she remained in Misasa Town Council, and she was re-elected in 2001, 2005, and 2009,[4][6][7] However, she did not stand for office in the 2013 election.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b 新訂現代日本人名錄 2002. 2002. p. 601.
  2. ^ "鳥取1区 - 第41回衆議院議員選挙(衆議院議員総選挙)1996年10月20日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  3. ^ "中国 - (比例代表)社会民主党 - 第41回衆議院議員選挙 1996年10月20日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  4. ^ a b c 新訂 現代政治家人名事典 : 中央・地方の政治家4000人. p. 339.
  5. ^ "議席確保向け団結 社民党鳥取県連合定期大会". Nihonkai Shinbun. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  6. ^ "「初議会」議長に牧田氏を再選 副議長には遠藤氏を選ぶ". Misasa Chōhō. No. 638. 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  7. ^ "三朝町議会議員選挙 - 2009年11月01日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  8. ^ "三朝町議会議員選挙 - 2013年11月10日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 July 2024.