
DietLowCurrently serving
嘉田 由紀子
かだ ゆきこ
KADA Yukiko
参議院議員Member of the House of Councillors
維新参議院· House of Councillors比例· Proportional Representation日本維新の会· Nippon Ishin(Japan Innovation Party)2 terms
Born 1950-05-18 · 埼玉県本庄市 (Honjo City, Saitama Prefecture)
Policy issues
Career & history
Government Posts
- Retired as Governor of Shiga Prefecture after two terms on July 19, 2014
- Appointed as an advisor to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications on October 30, 2009
- Assumed office as the 16th elected Governor of Shiga Prefecture on July 20, 2006
Party Posts
- Formed the 'Free Education for All' party and assumed office as Vice-Leader on November 30, 2023
- Announced resignation as Leader of the Tomorrow Party of Japan on January 4, 2013
- Formed the Tomorrow Party of Japan and assumed office as Leader on November 27, 2012
Professional Career
- Appointed as President of Biwako Seikei Sport College on October 1, 2014
- Appointed as a professor at the Faculty of Humanities, Kyoto Seika University in April 2000
- Appointed as a chief curator at the Shiga Prefectural Lake Biwa Museum in April 1997
- Appointed as a specialist curator at the Shiga Prefectural Lake Biwa Museum in April 1996
- Appointed as a senior researcher at the Shiga Prefectural Lake Biwa Research Institute in April 1987
- Appointed as a researcher at the Shiga Prefectural Lake Biwa Research Institute in April 1982
- Joined the Shiga Prefectural Government and assigned to the Lake Biwa Research Institute Establishment Preparation Office in November 1981
Education
- Obtained a Doctorate in Agriculture from Kyoto University in March 1987
- Withdrew from the doctoral program at the Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University in March 1981 after completing the required credits
- Completed the Master's program at the University of Wisconsin Graduate School in May 1975
- Graduated from the Department of Agricultural and Forestry Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University in March 1973
Publications
- Published 'To whom does the child belong?' from Bunshun Shinsho in May 2025
- Published 'Regional Power Living with Water' from Sunrise Publishing in November 2022
- Published 'Relationship between Rivers and People Opened by Basin Flood Control' from the Rural Culture Association Japan in November 2021
- Published 'In Search of Politics that Connects Lives' from Fubaisha in June 2019
- Published 'Challenge to a Sustainable Society from Shiga Prefecture' from Showado in May 2018
- Published 'Contemporary Environmental Theory Learning from Rachel Carson' from Horitsu Bunkasha in October 2017
- Published 'Let's do politics that cares about life!' from Fubaisha in July 2013
- Published 'Changing Politics from Local Regions (2)' from Gakugei Shuppansha in May 2013
- Published 'What can a Governor do?' from Fubaisha in April 2012
- Published 'Let's go with Life Environmentalism!' from Iwanami Shoten in May 2008
- Published 'Water, Environment, Asia' from Shinsensha in October 2007
- Published 'Possibilities of Satogawa' from Shinyosha in October 2006
- Published 'People and Nature around Water: From Field Sites in Japan and the World' from Yuhikaku in May 2003
- Published 'Environmental Culture of Water and Living: Connecting Kyoto to the World' from Showado in April 2003
- Published 'Introduction to Environmental Studies (9): Environmental Sociology' from Iwanami Shoten in May 2002
- Published 'Life-Environment Revolution' from Fujiwara Shoten in December 2001
- Published 'Empathetic Environmental Studies: Learning from Local People' from Minerva Shobo in February 2000
- Published 'Environmental Studies of the Living World: Messages from Lake Biwa' from the Rural Culture Association Japan in June 1995
- Published 'Environmental History of Water and People: Lake Biwa Report' from Ochanomizu Shobo in October 1989
- Published 'Social Theory of Environmental Problems' from Ochanomizu Shobo in March 1989
Other
- Elected to a second term in the House of Councillors from the proportional representation block as a Nippon Ishin no Kai candidate on July 20, 2025
- Merged from the 'Free Education for All' party into the Nippon Ishin no Kai on October 3, 2024
- First elected to the House of Councillors from the Shiga constituency as a united opposition candidate in the 25th regular election on July 21, 2019
- Ran as an independent in the 48th House of Representatives general election from Shiga 1st district but was not elected on October 22, 2017
- Re-elected as Governor of Shiga Prefecture with record-breaking votes on July 11, 2010
- Guest appearance on TV Tokyo's 'Nikkei Special: Cambria Palace' on November 6, 2006
- First elected as Governor of Shiga Prefecture as an independent on July 2, 2006
- Born on May 18, 1950, in Honjo City, Saitama Prefecture
Elections
Committee memberships
Offices
Diet Office
- Room
- 815
- Phone
- 03-6550-0815
- Fax
- 03-6551-0815
参議院議員会館
参議院議員会館
滋賀事務所
- Phone
- 077-509-7206
- Fax
- 077-509-8523
滋賀県大津市京町2丁目4-23
2-4-23 Kyomachi, Otsu-shi, Shiga