Chinami Nishimura (politician)

Chinami Nishimura (西村 智奈美, Nishimura Chinami, born January 13, 1967) is a Japanese politician who currently serves as the Secretary-General of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan. She is a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet and represents the Niigata 1st district. Her married name is Chinami Honda (本多 智奈美, Honda Chinami).

Chinami Nishimura
西村 智奈美
Chinami Nishimura in 2023
Member of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
15 December 2014
ConstituencyNiigata-1st (2017–present)
Hokuriku Shin'etsu PR (2014–2017)
In office
10 November 2003 – 16 November 2012
ConstituencyNiigata-1st
Personal details
Born (1967-01-13) 13 January 1967 (age 57)
Yoshida, Niigata, Japan
Political partyCDP
Other political
affiliations
DPJ (1999–2016, merger)
DP (2016–2017, split)
SpouseHiranao Honda
Alma materNiigata University
Bristol University
WebsiteOfficial website

Biography

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With Helen Clark (24 November 2009)

A native of Tsubame, Niigata she attended Niigata University (as both undergraduate and graduate), a language school in Bangkok, Thailand, and University of Bristol in England. She was elected to the assembly of Niigata Prefecture for the first time in 1999 and to the Diet for the first time in 2003.

She served as a Vice Health Minister in the Noda administration and as a Parliamentary Secretary of the Foreign Minister in the Hatoyama administration.

She was appointed Secretary-General of the CDP in December 2021 following the 2021 general elections.[1]

Her husband is former Representative Hiranao Honda from Hokkaido.

References

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  1. ^ "CDP defies convention, names woman to No. 2 pos". The Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
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