Hiroko Yasutake (安武 洋子, Yasutake Hiroko, 26 July 1928 - 8 August 2019) was a Japanese politician. Originally a public servant in Akashi, Hyōgo, she became active as a prefectural and regional trade union branch leader and a member of the Japanese Communist Party Central Committee, before serving in the House of Councillors for the Hyōgo at-large district from 1974 until 1986.

Hiroko Yasutake
安武 洋子
Member of the House of Councillors for the Hyōgo at-large district
In office
1974–1986
Preceded byMulti-member constituency
Succeeded byMulti-member constituency
Personal details
Born(1928-07-26)26 July 1928
Died8 August 2019(2019-08-08) (aged 91)
Akashi, Hyōgo
Political partyJapanese Communist Party

Biography

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Yasutake, a native of Kobe, was born on 26 July 1928.[1] After graduating at the Hyogo Prefectural Second Kobe Girls' High (now Hyogo Prefectural Yumenodai High School [ja]) in 1945, she was hired by the Public Employment Security Office of Akashi, Hyōgo in 1950.[2]

While working as a public servant, she became active in trade unionism, becoming head of women of the Hyogo branches of Sōhyō and of the Hyogo and Kinki branches of the Zenroren.[2] She was also engaged in the nuclear disarmament movement, as vice-president of the Akashi chapter of the Japan Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs.[2] She was a member of the Japanese Communist Party, at one point serving as a member of its Central Committee;[2] in September 1997, she was promoted to Honorary Executive Committee Member.[3]

She ran for the Hyōgo at-large district as her party's candidate in the 1974 Japanese House of Councillors election, and she was elected.[4] She was re-elected to the same district at the 1980 Japanese House of Councillors election.[5] She was unseated from the seat at the 1986 and she was defeated at the 1989 Japanese House of Councillors elections while running for the same at-large district.[6][7]

Outside of politics, she was active as a tanka poet, authoring a collection of poems called Rokkō no Fumoto de (六甲のふもとで).[8]

She died of lung cancer on 8 August 2019 in Akashi, Hyōgo.[9]

References

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  1. ^ 现代日本名人录. Vol. 2. 1982. p. 87.
  2. ^ a b c d 議会制度百年史: 貴族院・参議院議員名鑑. 1990. p. 432.
  3. ^ "名誉役員と顧問を承認 - 日本共産党第21回大会". www.jcp.or.jp. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  4. ^ "兵庫選挙区 - 第10回参議院議員選挙(参議院議員通常選挙)1974年07月07日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  5. ^ "兵庫選挙区 - 第12回参議院議員選挙(参議院議員通常選挙)1980年06月22日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  6. ^ "兵庫選挙区 - 第14回参議院議員選挙(参議院議員通常選挙)1986年07月06日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  7. ^ "兵庫選挙区 - 第15回参議院議員選挙(参議院議員通常選挙)1989年07月23日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  8. ^ "六甲のふもとで : 歌集 (遠天叢書; 18)". National Diet Library (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  9. ^ "安武洋子氏死去(元共産党参院議員)". Jiji Press. 10 August 2019. Archived from the original on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2024.