Chinami Nishimura (politician)

Chinami Nishimura
Chinami Nishimura
西村智奈美
Member of the House of Representatives
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 15 December 2014
Constituency	Niigata-1st (2017–present); Hokuriku Shin'etsu PR (2014–2017)
	In office; 10 November 2003 – 16 November 2012
Constituency	Niigata-1st
Personal details
Born	13 January 1967 (age 57); Yoshida, Niigata, Japan
Political party	Constitutional Democratic
Other political; affiliations	DP (2016–2017, split); DPJ (1999–2016, merger)
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 of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). She represents the Niigata 1st district. Her married name is Chinami Honda (本多智奈美, Honda Chinami).

Biography

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.

Her husband is 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

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