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Harumi Takahashi
高橋はるみ

Member of the House of Councillors
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 July 2019
Preceded by	Chūichi Date
Constituency	Hokkaido
6th Governor of Hokkaido
In office 14 April 2003 – 22 April 2019
Preceded by	Tatsuya Hori
Succeeded by	Naomichi Suzuki

Personal details
Born	(1954-01-06) 6 January 1954 (age 70) Toyama, Toyama Prefecture, Japan
Nationality	Japan
Political party	LDP
Alma mater	Hitotsubashi University

Harumi Takahashi (高橋はるみ, Takahashi Harumi, born 6 January 1954) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party and currently a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). She served as governor of the prefecture of Hokkaido for four terms from 2003 to 2019. She graduated from Hitotsubashi University with a Bachelor of Economics degree in 1976. She started her career as a bureaucrat in the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and quit in 2003. She was elected in April 2003, becoming the first female governor of Hokkaido and the fourth female governor in Japanese history.

External links

An article on the electoral campaign of Harumi Takahashi, published by the American Political Science Association (PDF)
Governor of Hokkaido website (in Japanese)
Personal website (in Japanese)

Political offices
Preceded by Chūichi Date	Member of the House of Councillors for Hokkaido 2019–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Tatsuya Hori	Governor of Hokkaido 2003–2019	Succeeded by Naomichi Suzuki