Yumiko Himei | |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Office: | Member of the House of Councillors |
Constituency: | Okayama at-large |
Term Start: | 2007 |
Term End: | 4 December 2012 |
Predecessor: | Toranosuke Katayama |
Successor: | Masahiro Ishii |
Office1: | Member of the Okayama Prefectural Assembly |
Constituency1: | Okayama City |
Term Start1: | 1999 |
Term End1: | 2007 |
Birth Date: | 14 February 1959 |
Birth Place: | Okayama, Japan |
Party: | CDP (2020–present) |
Otherparty: | DPJ (until 2012) PLF (2012) TPJ (2012–2013) LP (2013–2018) DPP (2018–2020) |
Alma Mater: | Okayama University |
[1] is a former Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Okayama, she graduated from Okayama University with a master's degree. She was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2007 after serving in the assembly of Okayama Prefecture for two terms since 1999.
She was due to join a new political party, "Kaikaku Club", in 2008, but on August 28, 2008, she withdrew her membership in the new party and reaffirmed her loyalty to the Democratic Party of Japan.[2]