Miho Takai (高井 美穂, Takai Miho, born November 30, 1971) is a Japanese politician. She served in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan.

Miho Takai
高井 美穂
Mayor of Miyoshi
Assumed office
24 July 2021
Member of the Tokushima Prefectural Assembly [ja]
In office
30 April 2015 – 25 June 2021
ConstituencyMiyoshi 1st district
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
10 November 2003 - 8 August 2005
21 December 2005 – 16 November 2012
ConstituencyTokushima 2nd district
(2009-2012)
Shikoku-PR
(2003-2005, 2005-2009)
Personal details
Born (1971-11-30) November 30, 1971 (age 52)
Mino, Miyoshi, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
Political partyIndependent
(2015-present)
Other political
affiliations
Democratic
(before 2015)
Alma materWaseda University

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She was born in Miyoshi District, Tokushima and graduated from Waseda University. she was elected for the first time in 2003 after a run in 2000.

She lost her seat in the 2005 general election, but she regained the seat in December after Masanori Gotō's resignation.

She won Shunichi Yamaguchi and got the Tokushima 2nd district's seat for the first time in 2009 general election, but she lost the seat in 2012 general election.

She decided to run for Tokushima Prefectural Assembly election[1] in 2014.

In April 2015, she ran as an Independent candidate endorsed by the DPJ from Miyoshi 1st district in the Tokushima Prefecture Assembly election and won the first place.[2] She was re-elected without a vote in the 2019 Tokushima Prefectural Assembly election.

On May 2, 2021, Takai resigned from the Tokushima Prefectural Assembly and announced her candidacy for Mayor of Miyoshi.[3] Kamon Iizumi, who was the governor of Tokushima at that time and Shunichi Yamaguchi, who is the House of Representatives member of LDP and once competed with her, announced support her. As a result of the ballot counting, she was elected the mayor of Miyoshi.[4]

References

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  1. ^ 杉田基 (2021-07-15). "「自分の経験生かしたい」三好新市長の高井氏に聞く". The Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  2. ^ 開票結果-道府県議選・徳島県【統一地方選2015: Yomiuri Shimbun
  3. ^ "高井美穂県議、三好市長選に出馬へ". Tokushima Shinbun. 2021-05-02. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  4. ^ 三好市長選、高井市が初当選
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