Fumiko Chikuma

Fumiko Chikuma
知久馬 二三子
Member of the House of Representatives for the Chūgoku proportional representation block
In office 1999–2000
Preceded by	Multi-member constituency
Succeeded by	Multi-member constituency
Member of Misasa Town Council
In office 1997–2013
Director of the Misasa Town Library
Personal details
Born	(1937-02-01) 1 February 1937 (age 88)
Political party	Social Democratic Party

Fumiko Chikuma (知久馬 二三子, Chikuma Fumiko, born 1 February 1937) is a Japanese Social Democratic Party (SDP) politician who was a member of the House of Representatives from 1999 until 2000. Prior to her election, she worked as a local government official for Mitoku, Tottori [ja] and its successor Misasa and as director of Misasa Town Library, before being elected to the latter's town council in 1997, remaining there until 2013.

Biography

Chikuma was born on 1 February 1937.[1] After graduating from Misasa Junior High School [ja], she started working at the Mitoku [ja] Village Office and, after the village was merged into Misasa, Tottori in 1953, served as the town's director of health policy and as director of Misasa Town Library.[1]

In the 1996 Japanese general election, she ran as the Social Democratic Party candidate for the Tottori 1st district but came second to Shigeru Ishiba;[2] she also came second in the Chūgoku proportional representation block, which had only one winning SDP candidate.[3] The following year, she was elected to Misasa Town Council.[4] In 1999, after Tadatoshi Akiba resigned to successfully run for mayor of Hiroshima, she was elected to the House of Representatives, before losing in the 2000 Japanese general election.[4] Additionally, she has served as representative director of the SDP's Tottori Prefectural Association.[5]

After being unseated from the national Diet, she remained in Misasa Town Council, and she was re-elected in 2001, 2005, and 2009,[4][6][7] However, she did not stand for office in the 2013 election.[8]

References

1. 新訂現代日本人名錄 2002. 2002. p. 601.
2. "鳥取1区 - 第41回衆議院議員選挙（衆議院議員総選挙）1996年10月20日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 July 2024.
3. "中国 - （比例代表）社会民主党 - 第41回衆議院議員選挙 1996年10月20日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 July 2024.
4. 新訂 現代政治家人名事典 : 中央・地方の政治家4000人. p. 339.
5. "議席確保向け団結 社民党鳥取県連合定期大会". Nihonkai Shinbun. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
6. "「初議会」議長に牧田氏を再選 副議長には遠藤氏を選ぶ". Misasa Chōhō. No. 638. 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
7. "三朝町議会議員選挙 - 2009年11月01日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 July 2024.
8. "三朝町議会議員選挙 - 2013年11月10日投票". go2senkyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 July 2024.