Takako Doi
Takako Doi | |
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土井 たか子 | |
Doi in 2005 | |
| Speaker of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 6 August 1993 – 27 September 1996 | |
| Monarch | Akihito |
| Deputy | Hyōsuke Kujiraoka |
| Preceded by | Yoshio Sakurauchi |
| Succeeded by | Sōichirō Itō |
| Chairwoman of the Social Democratic Party | |
| In office 28 September 1996 – 15 November 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Tomiichi Murayama |
| Succeeded by | Mizuho Fukushima |
| Chairwoman of the Japan Socialist Party | |
| In office 9 September 1986 – 31 July 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Masashi Ishibashi |
| Succeeded by | Makoto Tanabe |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 27 December 1969 – 8 August 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Eiji Yamashita |
| Succeeded by | Kiyomi Tsujimoto |
| Constituency | Hyōgo 2nd (1969–1996) Hyōgo 7th (1996–2003) Kinki PR (2003–2005) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 November 1928 |
| Died | 20 September 2014 (aged 85) Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan |
| Party | Social Democratic (after 1996) |
| Other political affiliations | Socialist (1969–1996) |
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) |
| Alma mater | Doshisha University |
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Takako Doi (土井 たか子, Doi Takako; 30 November 1928 – 20 September 2014) was a Japanese politician. She was leader of the Japan Socialist Party from 1986 to 1991 and its successor party the Social Democratic Party from 1996 to 2003. In the former role, she became the first female leader of a major Japanese political party, and the country's first female opposition leader. Doi's leadership and the result of the 1989 Upper House elections are considered watershed moments for female political participation in Japan.
She led the party to great success in the 1989 and 1990 elections. After the 1993 election, she was elected as the first female Speaker of the House of Representatives, the highest position a female politician has held in the country's modern history. She led the diminished SDP from 1996 until resigning after the 2003 election.