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 17 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 is currently serving as Minister of State in the Kishida Cabinet.

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.^[2]^[3] 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.
^ 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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