Megumi Kaneko
| Megumi Kaneko | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
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Assumed office 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Makiko Kikuta |
| Constituency | Niigata 4 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
27 February 1978 Tsukigata, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Kensuke Miyazaki |
Megumi Kaneko (Japanese: 金子めぐみ, born 27 February 1978) is a Japanese politician. She currently serves as a member of the House of Representatives for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), having been elected in the Niigata 4 constituency in 2012.
Biography
Born in the village of Tsukigata (now part of the city of Niigata), Kaneko was educated at Waseda University. She became a member of a Prefectural Assembly and a councillor for a city council.[1] She was elected to the House of Representatives in the 2012 general elections, defeating the incumbent MP Makiko Kikuta of the Democratic Party of Japan. She was re-elected in the 2014 elections.
Kaneko is married to Kensuke Miyazaki, who served as an LDP MP for Kyoto until resigning in 2016 after it was revealed that he had had an affair whilst Kaneko was pregnant.[2]
References
- ↑ Kaneko Megumi Liberal Democratic Party
- ↑ Japan 'paternity leave' MP quits amid affair scandal BBC News, 12 February 2016