Ayuko Kato

Japanese politician

加藤鮎子

Kato in 2019

Minister of State for Special Missions
Child Policy, Youth Empowerment, Declining Birthrate, Gender Equality

Incumbent

Assumed office
13 September 2023Preceded byMasanobu OguraMember of the House of Representatives

Incumbent

Assumed office
16 December 2014ConstituencyYamagata 3rd district Personal detailsBorn (1979-04-19) 19 April 1979 (age 45)
Tsuruoka, Yamagata, JapanPolitical partyLiberal Democratic PartySpouse

Kensuke Miyazaki

(m. 2006; div. 2009)

Children2RelativesKoichi Kato (father)Alma materKeio UniversityOccupationPolitician

Ayuko Kato (加藤鮎子, Katō Ayuko, born 17 April 1979) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) who is the current member of the House of Representatives for Yamagata 3rd district.^[1] She is currently serving as Minister of State in the Kishida Cabinet.

Kato was elected in the 2014 Japanese general election to the same seat as her father Koichi Kato, a longtime member of the House of Representatives for Yamagata Prefecture who had lost the seat in the 2012 general election.^[2]^[3] From 2006 to 2009, Kato was married to LDP politician Kensuke Miyazaki, who later served as member for Kyoto 3rd district from 2012 to 2016.

References

^ "Roster of winners in the single-seat constituencies". Japan Times. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
^ Martin, Alexander (15 December 2014). "More Women Elected in Japan, But Number Is Still Small". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
^ "Senior LDP politician Kato to retire". Japan Times. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2016.