Akiko Kamei | |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Office: | Member of the House of Representatives |
Term Start2: | 27 October 2017 |
Term End2: | 31 October 2021 |
Constituency2: | Chūgoku PR block |
Term Start1: | 28 April 2024 |
Constituency1: | Shimane 1st district |
Predecessor1: | Hiroyuki Hosoda |
Office3: | Member of the House of Councillors |
Term Start3: | 29 July 2007 |
Term End3: | 28 July 2013 |
Predecessor3: | Shuntarō Kageyama |
Successor3: | Saburō Shimada |
Constituency3: | Shimane |
Birth Date: | 1965 5, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Tokyo, Japan |
Alma Mater: | Gakushuin University Carleton University |
Party: | CDP |
Otherparty: | DP (2016–2017, split) Green Wind (2012–2013, dissolution) Independent (2012) PNP (2007–2012) |
Relations: | Hisaoki Kamei (father) Shizuka Kamei (uncle) |
Nationality: | Japanese |
Website: | Official website |
is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, and a member of the House of Representatives.[1] She is a former member of People's New Party and of the House of Councillors. A native of Tokyo and graduate of Gakushuin University and Carleton University, she was elected for the first time in 2007 in the Shimane at-large district. Her father Hisaoki Kamei was a veteran member of the House of Representatives. She is married.[2]
Kamei contested the Shimane 1st district in 2017 election. While she lost against the longtime incumbent Hiroyuki Hosoda in the race, she received enough votes to be elected through the PR block.[3]