Takako Suzuki

Takako Suzuki
Takako Suzuki
鈴木貴子
	Official portrait, 2020
Member of the House of Representatives
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 3 June 2013
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Constituency	Hokkaido PR (2013–2024); Hokkaido 7th (2024–present)
Personal details
Born	5 January 1986 (age 39); Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan
Political party	LDP (since 2017)
Other political; affiliations	NPD (2012–2014; 2016–2017); DPJ (2014–2016)
Parent	Muneo Suzuki (father);
Alma mater	Trent University (B.A)
Website	suzukitakako.jp

Takako Suzuki (鈴木貴子, Suzuki Takako, born 5 January 1986) is a Japanese politician from the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP) and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).

Political career

She represented Hokkaido through the proportional representation block from 2013 to 2024, and has been representing Hokkaido 7th district since 2024. She was previously a member of the Democratic Party of Japan and New Party Daichi.

Personal life

Suzuki is the daughter of veteran Hokkaido politician Muneo Suzuki. She graduated with a B.A. in International Politics from Trent University in Canada and worked as a television director at NHK before entering politics.

She is married to a cameraman friend who went to the same elementary school with her. Their first child was born in September 2017.^[1]

References

^ Nagano, Yuri (7 March 2018). "In Japan, Voters Are Wary of Mothers in Public Office". New York Times. Retrieved 8 March 2018.

External links

Official website in Japanese.

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[1] Nagano, Yuri (7 March 2018). "In Japan, Voters Are Wary of Mothers in Public Office". New York Times. Retrieved 8 March 2018.

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