Chikage Oogi
Chikage Oogi (扇 千景, Ōgi Chikage), real name Hiroko Hayashi (林 寛子, Hayashi Hiroko) (10 May 1933 – 9 March 2023[1] as Hiroko Kimura (木村 寛子, Kimura Hiroko)), was a Japanese actress and politician. She became the first female President of the House of Councillors in 2004.[2]
Chikage Oogi | |
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| President of the House of Councillors of Japan | |
| In office July 30, 2004 – July 28, 2007 | |
| Monarch | Akihito |
| Deputy | Giichi Tsunoda Akira Imaizumi |
| Preceded by | Hiroyuki Kurata |
| Succeeded by | Satsuki Eda |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 May 1933
(aged 92) Empire of Japan |
| Died | 9 March 2023 (aged 89) |
| Political party | New Conservative Party |
Chikage Oogi Media
Oogi appeared in Kokusai Johosha 1957
Then-Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (left), kabuki actor Sakata Tōjūrō IV (center), and actress and politician Chikage Oogi (right) during their meeting at the Kantei in Tokyo (27 October 2005)
References
- ↑ 元女優・元参議院議長の扇千景さんが死去「食道胃接合部がん」のため 89歳. TBS News. 13 March 2023. https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/374830. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
- ↑ "Greetings from the President of the House of Councillors". Archived from the original on 10 November 2006. Retrieved 31 August 2007.