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About Mieko Yoshimura
Mieko Yoshimura is governor of Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. She was elected on 25 January 2009. She defeated the sitting governor of Yamagata Prefecture, Hiroshi Saitō in an upset. A native of Ōe, Yamagata, she worked at a help-wanted advertising company before becoming a notary public for the city government of Yamagata. She soon became a member of Yamagata Prefecture's Education Committee before running for governor in 2008. She is Yamagata's first female governor and the sixth in Japanese history.
Everything about Mieko Yoshimura →- Occupation
- politician, administrative scrivener
- Position held
- governor of Yamagata Prefecture
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Born
- May 18, 1951
- Website
- http://blog.yoshimuramieko.com/