Mieko Yoshimura, Governor of Yamagata Prefecture

山形県知事 吉村美栄子 Governor of Yamagata Prefecture Mieko Yoshimura

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[Date of birth]

May 18, 1951 Born in Oe Town, Yamagata Prefecture

March 1970
Graduated from Yamagata Prefectural Yamagata Nishi High School
March 1974
Graduated from Ochanomizu University, Faculty of Letters and Education
April 1974
Worked at Recruit Co., Ltd. (until July 1977)
December 1981
Certified administrative scrivener
April 1998
Worked at Yamagata City General Education Center (until March 2000)
October 1998
Yamagata Prefectural Board of Education (until October 2006)
May 2000
Administrative scrivener opening
December 2000
Member of Yamagata City Personal Information Protection System Management Council (until February 2009)
April 2001
Member of the Yamagata Prefectural General Policy Council (until March 2005)
September 2001
Member of Yamagata Prefectural Bidding Monitoring Committee (until February 2009)
February 2009
Appointed 50th Governor of Yamagata Prefecture
February 2013
Inaugurated as the 51st Governor of Yamagata Prefecture (Second term)
February 2017
Inaugurated as the 52nd governor of Yamagata Prefecture (third term)
February 2021
Appointed as the 53rd governor of Yamagata Prefecture (fourth term)