Miho Takai
{{Short description|Japanese politician (born 1971)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Miho Takai
| native_name = {{nobold|高井 美穂}}
| native_name_lang = ja
|image = Takai_Miho.jpg
|image_size = 220px
|caption = Official portrait, 2009
|office = Mayor of Miyoshi
|term_start = 24 July 2021
|term_end =
|predecessor = Seiichi Kurokawa
|successor =
|office1 = Member of the Tokushima Prefectural Assembly
|constituency1 = Miyoshi 1st
|term_start1 = 30 April 2015
|term_end1 = 25 June 2021
|office2 = Member of the House of Representatives
|constituency2 = Shikoku PR (2005–2009)
Tokushima 2nd (2009–2012)
|term_start2 = 21 December 2005
|term_end2 = 16 November 2012
|predecessor2 = Masanori Gotō
|successor2 = Shunichi Yamaguchi
|constituency3 = Shikoku PR
|term_start3 = 10 November 2003
|term_end3 = 8 August 2005
|predecessor3 =
|successor3 =
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|11|30|df=y}}
|birth_place = Mino, Miyoshi, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
|alma_mater = Waseda University
|party = Independent (since 2015)
}}
{{nihongo|Miho Takai|高井 美穂|Takai Miho|extra=}}, 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{{cite web|author =杉田基|title =「自分の経験生かしたい」三好新市長の高井氏に聞く| newspaper = The Asahi Shimbun| date = 2021-07-15| url = https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASP7G7GF6P7GPTLC00J.html | accessdate = 2021-07-15}} 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.[https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/local/2015/kaihyou/yh36.html 開票結果-道府県議選・徳島県【統一地方選2015]: Yomiuri Shimbun 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.{{cite news| title =高井美穂県議、三好市長選に出馬へ|newspaper = Tokushima Shinbun| date = 2021-05-02|url=https://www.topics.or.jp/articles/-/523406| accessdate = 2021-05-04}} 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.[https://www.topics.or.jp/articles/-/557189 三好市長選、高井市が初当選]
References
{{Reflist}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/diet/profile/0008/00008941.html |script-title=ja:政治家情報 〜高井 美穂〜 |work=ザ･選挙 |publisher=JANJAN |accessdate=2007-10-02 |language=Japanese |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203101007/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/diet/profile/0008/00008941.html |archivedate=2007-12-03 }}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071006190816/http://www.takaimiho.com/ Official website] in Japanese.
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Category:Women members of the House of Representatives (Japan)
Category:Waseda University alumni
Category:Politicians from Tokushima Prefecture
Category:Democratic Party of Japan politicians
Category:21st-century Japanese women politicians
Category:Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2003–2005
Category:Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2005–2009
Category:Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2009–2012
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