Chikage Oogi

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Chikage Oogi
扇 千景
Official portrait, 2001
President of the House of Councillors
In office
30 July 2004 – 28 July 2007
MonarchAkihito
DeputyGiichi Tsunoda
Akira Imaizumi
Preceded byHiroyuki Kurata
Succeeded bySatsuki Eda
Ministerial offices
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
In office
6 January 2001 – 22 September 2003
Prime MinisterYoshirō Mori
Junichirō Koizumi
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byNobuteru Ishihara
Minister of Transport
In office
5 December 2000 – 6 January 2001
Prime MinisterYoshirō Mori
Preceded byHajime Morita
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Director-General of the Hokkaido Development Agency
In office
5 December 2000 – 6 January 2001
Prime MinisterYoshirō Mori
Preceded byHajime Morita
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Minister of Construction
In office
4 July 2000 – 6 January 2001
Prime MinisterYoshirō Mori
Preceded byMasaaki Nakayama
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Director-General of the National Land Agency
In office
4 July 2000 – 6 January 2001
Prime MinisterYoshirō Mori
Preceded byMasaaki Nakayama
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Party political offices
Leader of the New Conservative Party
In office
3 April 2000 – September 2001
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byTakeshi Noda
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
September 1993 – 28 July 2007
Preceded byKenji Yamaoka
Succeeded byMulti-member district
ConstituencyNational PR
In office
11 July 1977 – 23 July 1989
ConstituencyNational district (1977–1983)
National PR (1983–1989)
Personal details
Born(1933-05-10)10 May 1933
Died9 March 2023(2023-03-09) (aged 89)
Tokyo, Japan
PartyLiberal Democratic
(1977–1993; 2003–2023)
Other political
affiliations
JRP (1993–1994)
NFP (1994–1997)
LP (1998–2000)
NCP (2000–2003)
Spouse
(m. 1958; died 2020)
Children
  • Nakamura Ganjirō IV (eldest son)
  • Nakamura Senjaku III (youngest son)
Relatives
EducationTakarazuka Music School
OccupationActress and politician
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Chikage Oogi (扇 千景, Ōgi Chikage), real name Hiroko Hayashi (林 寛子, Hayashi Hiroko) (born Hiroko Kimura (木村 寛子, Kimura Hiroko); 10 May 1933 – 9 March 2023), was a Japanese actress and politician. During her 30-year-long political career, she served in various important governmental posts, and became the first female President of the House of Councillors, a role she held from 2004 to 2007.

Her pseudonymous surname is also spelled Ogi, Ōgi and Ohgi for a variety of Hepburn romanization systems. She herself used Oogi.