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 = Pediatrician • Politician
| 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}}
References
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{{Cabinet Kishida II (R2)}}
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Category:Women members of the House of Councillors (Japan)
Category:21st-century Japanese women physicians
Category:Japanese pediatricians
Category:Tokai University alumni
Category:University of Tsukuba alumni
Category:Brookline High School alumni
Category:People from Kitakyushu
Category:Politicians from Nagasaki Prefecture
Category:Scientists from Nagasaki Prefecture
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