Hanako Jimi

{{Short description|Japanese politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Hanako Jimi

| native_name = {{nobold|自見 英子}}

| native_name_lang = ja

| image = Hanako Jimi 20220812 (cropped).jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Official portrait, 2022

| office = Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs
Minister of State for Regional Revitalization
Minister of State for Ainu-Related Policies
Minister for the World Expo 2025

| term_start = 13 September 2023

| term_end = 1 October 2024

| primeminister = Fumio Kishida

| predecessor = Naoki Okada

| successor = Yoshitaka Itō

| office2 = Minister for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety

| term_start2 = 13 September 2023

| term_end2 = 1 October 2024

| predecessor2 = Taro Kono

| successor2 = Yoshitaka Itō

| primeminister2 = Fumio Kishida

| office3 = Member of the House of Councillors

| term_start3 = 26 July 2016

| term_end3 =

| constituency3 = National PR

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|2|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan

| death_date =

| death_place =

| party = Liberal Democratic Party

| relations =

| parents = Shozaburo Jimi (father)

| spouse = {{marriage|Gaku Hashimoto|2021}}

| children = 4

| alma_mater = University of Tsukuba
Tokai University

| occupation = PediatricianPolitician

| religion =

| signature =

| website =

| footnotes =

| relatives = Ryutaro Hashimoto (father-in-law)
Daijiro Hashimoto (uncle-in-law)

}}

{{nihongo|Hanako Jimi|自見 英子|Jimi Hanako|born 15 February 1976}} is a Japanese politician who has served as Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs, Minister of State for Regional Revitalization, Minister of State for Ainu-Related Policies, and Minister for the World Expo 2025 since September 2023. She is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and she also serves in the House of Councillors of Japan.{{Cite web |title=Ms.JIMI Hanako:House of Councillors |url=https://www.sangiin.go.jp/japanese/joho1/kousei/eng/members/profile/7016021.htm |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=www.sangiin.go.jp}}

Biography

She was elected in 2016, and re-elected in 2022.{{Cite web |title=List of the Members:House of Councillors |url=https://www.sangiin.go.jp/japanese/joho1/kousei/eng/members/index.htm |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=www.sangiin.go.jp}}

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