Midori Matsushima | |
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松島 みどり | |
at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry on November 5, 2013
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Minister of Justice | |
In office 3 September 2014 – 20 October 2014 |
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Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
Preceded by | Sadakazu Tanigaki |
Succeeded by | Yōko Kamikawa |
Personal details | |
Born |
馬場 みどり (Baba Midori) 15 July 1956 Toyonaka, Japan |
Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
Midori Matsushima (松島 みどり Matsushima Midori Chinese: 松岛绿 ; pinyin: song daolu, born 1956) is a Japanese politician. Her official name is Midori Baba (馬場 みどり Baba Midori).
She is a politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Hyogo Prefecture and graduate of the University of Tokyo, she worked at the national newspaper Asahi Shimbun from 1980 to 1995. She was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000 after an unsuccessful run in 1996.