Akiko Dōmoto
Japanese politician (born 1932)
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Akiko Dōmoto (堂本 暁子, Dōmoto Akiko; born July 31, 1932) is a Japanese politician. She was the governor of Chiba Prefecture in Japan from 2001 to 2009. A graduate of Tokyo Woman's Christian University and Seisen Junior and Senior High School, she was the first female governor of Chiba and the third in Japanese history.[1] She was first elected in 2001. In September 2001 she canceled a controversial plan to reclaim the Sanbanze wetlands as landfill.[2] Historian Jeff Kingston called this act "a major victory for activists."[3]
Akiko Dōmoto | |
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堂本 暁子 | |
 Dōmoto in 2007 | |
| Governor of Chiba Prefecture | |
| In office 5 April 2001 – 4 April 2009 | |
| Monarch | Akihito |
| Preceded by | Takeshi Numata |
| Succeeded by | Kensaku Morita |
| Member of the House of Councillors | |
| In office 23 July 1989 – 8 March 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Multi-member district |
| Succeeded by | Chizuko Kuroiwa |
| Constituency | National PR |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 31, 1932 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | JSP (1989–1994) NPS (1994–1999) |
| Alma mater | Tokyo Woman's Christian University |
