Jump to content

Takako Doi

From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
File:Takako Doi in Tokyo congressist election 2.jpg
Doi in July 2005.

Lua error in Module:Nihongo at line 88: attempt to call field '_transl' (a nil value). was a Japanese politician. She was active from 1980 until her retirement in 2005. She also worked at National Parliament for Japan to sign the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. She was the Chair of the Japan Socialist Party from 1986 until 1991. On 6 August 1991, she became the first female speaker of the House of Representatives. She was the Chair of the Social Democratic Party from 1996 until 2003.

Doi was born in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture. She graduated from Doshisha University, where she studied law.

Doi died from pneumonia on 20 September 2014 in Hyōgo Prefecture, aged 85.[1]

References[change]

  1. "SDP's Doi, nation's first female leader of major Japanese political party, dies at 85". The Japan Times. 28 September 2014. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.

Other websites[change]