Mai Ohara
Mai Ohara (小原 舞, Ohara Mai, born July 10, 1974) is a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives of Japan.[1]
Mai Ohara | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Representatives of Japan | |
| In office August 30, 2009 – November 16, 2012 | |
| Constituency | Kyoto 5th district |
| Member of the Kyoto Prefectural Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2015 | |
| Constituency | Maizuru |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 10, 1974 Maizuru, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Political party | Democratic Party of Japan; later independent |
| Alma mater | Kwansei Gakuin University Kyoto University |
| Website | http://oharamai.jp |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Japan |
| Branch/service | Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |
Biography
Born in Maizuru, Ohara joined the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force after graduating from high school, and graduated from Kwansei Gakuin University in 1999. She earned a master's degree from Kyoto University in 2007.[1]
In 2009, she was elected to the House of Representatives as a Liberal Democratic Party representative of Kyoto 5th district.[1] On June 26, 2012, during a vote on social security and integrated tax reform legislation, she was one of eleven representatives who urged Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to vote against the opposing Democratic Party representatives.[2]
In 2015, she was elected to the Kyoto Prefectural Assembly for Maizuru; she is the assembly's first female member to represent that constituency.[1] In 2019, she placed second place in the election with 0,836, with Masayoshi Ikeda ahead of her.[3]
References
- http://oharamai.jp/profile.html
- "民主党：亀裂は深まるばかり 処分問題が本格化も". Mainichi Shimbun. July 10, 2012. Archived from the original on July 1, 2012. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
- https://www.pref.kyoto.jp/senkyo/documents/31fugikaihyou0408shusei.pdf