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橋本 聖子
はしもと せいこ
HASHIMOTO Seiko
参議院議員Member of the House of Councillors
自民党参議院· House of Councillors比例· Proportional Representation自由民主党・無所属の会· Liberal Democratic Party and Group of Independents6 terms
Born 1964-10-05 · 北海道勇払郡早来町(現・安平町) (Hayakita Town (now Abira Town), Yufutsu District, Hokkaido)
Policy issues
Career & history
Government Posts
- Appointed as Minister for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, Minister of State for Gender Equality, and Minister in charge of Women's Empowerment
- Appointed as State Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Appointed as Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Hokkaido Development
Party Posts
- Appointed as Chairperson of the LDP General Assembly of Members of Both Houses of the Diet
- Appointed as Chairperson of the LDP Members in the House of Councillors
- Appointed as Director of the LDP Headquarters for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games
- Appointed as Chairperson of the LDP Policy Board in the House of Councillors
- Appointed as Shadow Cabinet Minister for Measures against Declining Birthrate, Sports, and Gender Equality
- Appointed as Director of the LDP Women's Affairs Division
- Appointed as Chairperson of the LDP Hokkaido Prefecture Federation
- Appointed as Deputy Secretary-General of the LDP
- Appointed as Deputy Director of the LDP Youth Division
- Appointed as Deputy Director of the LDP Women's Affairs Division
Committee Chairs
- Appointed as Chairperson of the House of Councillors Committee on Education, Culture and Science
Professional Career
- Appointed as President of the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
- Participated in the Atlanta Summer Olympics as a cyclist
- Appointed as Director of Seiko Hashimoto International
- Started activities as a professional cyclist
- Participated in the Lillehammer Winter Olympics and finished 6th in the women's 3000m speed skating
- Resigned from Fujikyu Corporation
- Participated in the Barcelona Summer Olympics as a cyclist
- Participated in the Albertville Winter Olympics and won a bronze medal in the women's 1500m speed skating, the first Japanese woman to do so
- Won the overall silver medal at the World Speed Skating Championships, the first Japanese to do so
- Participated in the Seoul Summer Olympics as a cyclist
- Participated in the Calgary Winter Olympics as a speed skater
- Participated in the Sarajevo Winter Olympics as a speed skater
- Joined Fujikyu Corporation
Education
- Graduated from Komazawa University Tomakomai High School
Publications
- Published 'Olympic Soul' from Kosaido Publishing
- Published 'Seika ni Koishite' (In Love with the Sacred Flame) from Kodansha
Awards
- Received the IOC Women and Sport Award
- Received the Minister of Education Award
- Received the Japan UNESCO Fair Play Award
- Received the Asahi Sports Award
- Received the Yamanashi Prefectural People's Honor Award and the Hokkaido Shimbun Sports Award
- Received the Avon Women's Sports Award
- Received the Hokkaido People's Honor Award
Other
- Elected to the House of Councillors (6th term)
- Elected to the House of Councillors (5th term)
- Elected to the House of Councillors (4th term)
- Appointed as Secretary General of the Parliamentary League for Integrated Medicine Promotion
- Elected to the House of Councillors (3rd term)
- Re-elected to the House of Councillors (2nd term)
- First elected to the House of Councillors for the Liberal Democratic Party proportional representation block
- Born in Hayakita Town (now Abira Town), Yufutsu District, Hokkaido
Elections
Committee memberships
Offices
Diet Office
- Room
- 803
- Phone
- 03-6550-0803
- Fax
- 03-6551-0803
参議院議員会館
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北海道事務所
- Phone
- 011-222-7275
- Fax
- 011-222-7276
北海道札幌市中央区北1条西5丁目2番 札幌興銀ビル6F
6F Sapporo Kogin Building, 5-2 Kita 1-jo Nishi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido