Miki Yamada | |
|---|---|
山田 美樹 | |
 Miki Yamada in 2020. | |
| Member of the House of Representatives for Tokyo 1st district | |
| In office December 2012 – October 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Banri Kaieda |
| Succeeded by | Banri Kaieda |
| Member of the House of Representatives for Tokyo 1st district | |
| Assumed office November 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Banri Kaieda |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 15, 1974 Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo Columbia University |
Miki Yamada (山田美樹, Yamada Miki, born March 15, 1974) is a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives. She is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.
She was born in Shinagawa, Tokyo and received an LLB from the University of Tokyo, following which she joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. She attended business school at Columbia University and subsequently worked in the Cabinet Secretariat under Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, as a management consultant with Boston Consulting Group, and as a marketing executive for Hermès Japan.[1]
She was first elected to the Diet in the 2012 general election, in which she defeated former Economy Minister (and subsequent Democratic Party of Japan president) Banri Kaieda in the Tokyo 1st district. Her campaign was supported by Kaoru Yosano.[2]
Miki was re-elected to serve a further term in parliament in the 2014 general election. She was appointed (and remains) Vice-minister for foreign affairs in the 3rd cabinet re-shuffle of the Abe administration.
In the 2017 general election, Kaieda defeated Yamada by a small margin in the Tokyo 1st district, but Yamada retained a seat in the Diet through the LDP proportional representation list.[3]
