Tenkoko Sonoda

Tenkoko Sonoda
園田 天光光
Sonoda in 1949
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
10 April 1946 – 28 August 1952
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byTakaichi Nakamura
ConstituencyTokyo 2nd (1946–1947)
Tokyo 7th (1947–1952)
Personal details
Born(1919-01-23)23 January 1919
Died29 January 2015(2015-01-29) (aged 96)
Tokyo, Japan
PartyLiberal Democratic
Other political
affiliations
JSP (1946–1948)
LFP (1948–1952)
Kaishintō (1952–1954)
JDP (1954–1955)
SpouseSunao Sonoda
ChildrenHiroyuki Sonoda (stepson)
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Tenkōkō Sonoda (園田 天光光, Sonoda Tenkōkō; 23 January 1919 – 29 January 2015) was a Japanese politician who was a member of the Japanese Diet from 1946–1952. In 1950, she became the first woman in Japanese political history to have a baby while in office.