Chinami Nishimura (politician)

Chinami Nishimura
西村 智奈美
Nishimura in 2023
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 December 2014
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Constituency	Hokuriku Shin'etsu PR (2014–2017) Niigata 1st (2017–present)
In office 10 November 2003 – 16 November 2012
Preceded by	Rokuzaemon Yoshida
Succeeded by	Tōru Ishizaki
Constituency	Niigata 1st
Member of the Niigata Prefectural Assembly
In office 30 April 1999 – 29 April 2003
Constituency	Niigata City
Personal details
Born	(1967-01-13) 13 January 1967 Yoshida, Niigata, Japan
Political party	CDP (since 2017)
Other political affiliations	DPJ (1999–2016) DP (2016–2017)
Spouse	Hiranao Honda
Alma mater	Niigata University Bristol University
Website	Official website

Chinami Nishimura (西村 智奈美, Nishimura Chinami, born January 13, 1967) is a Japanese politician who served as the Secretary-General of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan from 2021 to 2022. 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).

Biography

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.

Her husband is former Representative Hiranao Honda from Hokkaido.

References

• 政治家情報 〜西村 智奈美〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-10-10.

External links

• Official website in Japanese