Miho Takai

Miho Takai
Miho Takai
高井美穂
	Official portrait, 2009
Mayor of Miyoshi
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 24 July 2021
Preceded by	Seiichi Kurokawa
Member of the Tokushima Prefectural Assembly
	In office; 30 April 2015 – 25 June 2021
Constituency	Miyoshi 1st
Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 21 December 2005 – 16 November 2012
Preceded by	Masanori Gotō
Succeeded by	Shunichi Yamaguchi
Constituency	Shikoku PR (2005–2009); Tokushima 2nd (2009–2012)
	In office; 10 November 2003 – 8 August 2005
Constituency	Shikoku PR
Personal details
Born	30 November 1971 (age 53); Mino, Miyoshi, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
Political party	Independent (since 2015)
Other political; affiliations	DPJ; DP; DPP
Alma mater	Waseda University

Miho Takai (高井美穂, Takai Miho), born November 30, 1971, is a Japanese politician. She served in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan.

Career

Takai was born in Miyoshi District, Tokushima and graduated from Waseda University. She was elected for the first time in 2003 after previously running in 2000.

Takai lost her seat in the 2005 general election, but she regained the seat in December after Masanori Gotō's resignation.

She beat Shunichi Yamaguchi and won the Tokushima 2nd district's seat for the first time in 2009 general election, but she lost the seat in 2012 general election.

She decided to run for Tokushima Prefectural Assembly election^[1] in 2014.

In April 2015, Takai ran for the Miyoshi 1st district in the Tokushima Prefecture Assembly, as an Independent candidate endorsed by the DPJ. She won first place in the election.^[2] She was re-elected without a vote in the 2019 Tokushima Prefectural Assembly election.

On May 2, 2021, Takai resigned from the Tokushima Prefectural Assembly and announced her candidacy for Mayor of Miyoshi.^[3] Kamon Iizumi, who was the governor of Tokushima at that time and Shunichi Yamaguchi, who is the House of Representatives member of LDP and once competed with her, announced their support for her. She won and was elected the mayor of Miyoshi.^[4]

References

^ 杉田基 (2021-07-15). "「自分の経験生かしたい」三好新市長の高井氏に聞く". The Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
^ 開票結果-道府県議選・徳島県【統一地方選2015: Yomiuri Shimbun
^ "高井美穂県議、三好市長選に出馬へ". Tokushima Shinbun. 2021-05-02. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
^ 三好市長選、高井市が初当選

政治家情報〜高井美穂〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-12-03. Retrieved 2007-10-02.

External links

Official website in Japanese.

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[1] 杉田基 (2021-07-15). "「自分の経験生かしたい」三好新市長の高井氏に聞く". The Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 2021-07-15.

[2] 開票結果-道府県議選・徳島県【統一地方選2015: Yomiuri Shimbun

[3] "高井美穂県議、三好市長選に出馬へ". Tokushima Shinbun. 2021-05-02. Retrieved 2021-05-04.

[4] 三好市長選、高井市が初当選

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