Mizuho Fukushima

Mizuho Fukushima
福島 瑞穂
Fukushima in 2025
Chairwoman of the Social Democratic Party
Assumed office
22 February 2020
Preceded bySeiji Mataichi
In office
15 November 2003  25 July 2013
Preceded byTakako Doi
Succeeded byTadatomo Yoshida
Member of the House of Councillors
Assumed office
26 July 1998
ConstituencyNational PR
Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety
In office
16 September 2009  28 May 2010
Prime MinisterYukio Hatoyama
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byHirofumi Hirano
Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for Low Birth Rate
In office
16 September 2009  28 May 2010
Prime MinisterYukio Hatoyama
Preceded byPosition established
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for Sex Equality
In office
16 September 2009  28 May 2010
Prime MinisterYukio Hatoyama
Preceded byPosition established
Personal details
Born (1955-12-24) 24 December 1955
Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan
Political partySocial Democratic
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo
OccupationPolitician, lawyer
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Mizuho Fukushima (福島 瑞穂, Fukushima Mizuho, born 24 December 1955) is a Japanese politician and attorney. A native of Nobeoka, Miyazaki, she has been a member of the House of Councillors since 1998, was re-elected in 2004 and 2010, and was the head of the Social Democratic Party of Japan (SDP), from 2003 to 2013. She was elected as the leader of the party for a second time in February 2020.