Yasuko Komiyama

Yasuko Komiyama (小宮山 泰子, Komiyama Yasuko; born April 25, 1965) is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP), who serves as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).

Yasuko Komiyama
小宮山 泰子
Komiyama in 2022
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 November 2003
Preceded by	Kiyoshi Nakano
Constituency	Saitama 7th (2003–2005; 2009–2012; 2024–present) Northern Kanto PR (2005–2009; 2012–2024)
Member of the Saitama Prefectural Assembly
In office 30 April 1995 – 2000
Constituency	Kawagoe City
Personal details
Born	(1965-04-25) 25 April 1965 (age 60) Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan
Political party	CDP (since 2020)
Other political affiliations	LDP (before 1998) LP (1998–2003) DPJ (2003–2012) PLF (2012) TPJ (2012–2013) PLP (2013–2016) DP (2016–2017) Kibō no Tō (2017–2018) DPP (2018–2020)
Alma mater	Keio University Nihon University

Early life

Komiyama is a native of Kawagoe, Saitama. She attended Keio University and received a master's degree from Nihon University.

Political career

After having served in the Saitama Prefectural Assembly for two terms from 1995, she ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 2000 as an independent and in 2001 as a member of Ichirō Ozawa's Liberal Party.

She ran once again in 2003, this time as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan, and was elected for the first time.

Komiyama is part of the CDP's shadow cabinet 'Next Cabinet' as the shadow Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.^[1]