Ayuko Kato

Ayuko Kato
Ayuko Kato
加藤鮎子
	Official portrait, 2023
Minister of State for Special Missions; Child Policy, Youth Empowerment, Declining Birthrate, Gender Equality
	In office; 13 September 2023 – 1 October 2024
Prime Minister	Fumio Kishida
Preceded by	Masanobu Ogura
Succeeded by	Junko Mihara
Member of the House of Representatives
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 16 December 2014
Preceded by	Juichi Abe
Constituency	Yamagata 3rd
Personal details
Born	19 April 1979 (age 45); Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Spouse	Kensuke Miyazaki (m. 2006; div. 2009)
Children	2
Parent	Koichi Kato (father);
Alma mater	Keio University

Ayuko Kato (加藤鮎子, Katō Ayuko, born 19 April 1979) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) who is the current member of the House of Representatives for Yamagata 3rd district.^[1] She served as Minister of State in the Kishida Cabinet.

Kato graduated from Keio University Faculty of Law in 2003 and from the School of International and Public Affairs of Columbia University in 2008.^[2]

Kato was elected in the 2014 Japanese general election to the same seat as her father Koichi Kato, a longtime member of the House of Representatives for Yamagata Prefecture who had lost the seat in the 2012 general election.^[3]^[4] From 2006 to 2009, Kato was married to LDP politician Kensuke Miyazaki, who later served as member for Kyoto 3rd district from 2012 to 2016.

References

^ "Roster of winners in the single-seat constituencies". Japan Times. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
^ "KATO Ayuko". Prime Minister's Office of Japan. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
^ Martin, Alexander (15 December 2014). "More Women Elected in Japan, But Number Is Still Small". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
^ "Senior LDP politician Kato to retire". Japan Times. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2016.

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