Wakako Hironaka
Wakako Hironaka | |
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広中 和歌子 | |
Hironaka in 2014 | |
| Director-General of the Environmental Agency | |
| In office 9 August 1993 – 28 April 1994 | |
| Prime Minister | Morihiro Hosokawa |
| Preceded by | Taikan Hayashi |
| Succeeded by | Toshiko Hamayotsu |
| Member of the House of Councillors | |
| In office 8 July 1986 – 25 July 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Multi-member district |
| Succeeded by | Hiroyuki Konishi |
| Constituency | National PR (1986–1998) Chiba at-large (1998–2010) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 May 1934 Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | DPP (since 2018) |
| Other political affiliations | CGP (1986–1994) NFP (1994–1998) GGP (1998) DPJ (1998–2016) DP (2016–2018) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Brandeis University |
Wakako Hironaka (広中 和歌子, Hironaka Wakako; born 11 May 1934, Tokyo) is a Japanese writer and politician. She served four terms in the House of Councillors, the upper house of the national Diet, from 1986 until 2010. Her husband is Heisuke Hironaka, a mathematician.