Renhō
Renhō Saitō | |
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蓮舫 | |
Renhō in 2024 | |
| President of the Democratic Party | |
| In office 1 October 2016 – 27 July 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Katsuya Okada |
| Succeeded by | Seiji Maehara |
| Minister of State for Government Revitalization | |
| In office 2 September 2011 – 13 January 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Yoshihiko Noda |
| Preceded by | Yukio Edano |
| Succeeded by | Katsuya Okada |
| In office 8 June 2010 – 27 June 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Naoto Kan |
| Preceded by | Yukio Edano |
| Succeeded by | Yukio Edano |
| Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety | |
| In office 14 January 2011 – 27 June 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Naoto Kan |
| Preceded by | Tomiko Okazaki |
| Succeeded by | Goshi Hosono |
| Member of the House of Councillors | |
| In office 26 July 2004 – 20 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Miyo Inoue |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Constituency | Tokyo at-large |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hsieh Lien-fang (謝蓮舫) 28 November 1967 Meguro, Tokyo, Japan |
| Citizenship | Taiwan (until 2016) Japan (since 1985) |
| Political party | Independent (since 2024) |
| Other political affiliations | DPJ (2004–2016) DP (2016–2017) CDP (2017–2024) |
| Spouse |
Nobuyuki Murata
(m. 1993; div. 2020) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Aoyama Gakuin University Peking University |
| Website | www |
| Renhō | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 謝蓮舫 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 谢莲舫 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hiragana | さいとう れんほう | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Kyūjitai | 齊藤 蓮舫 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Shinjitai | 斉藤 蓮舫 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Japanese name | |||||||
| Hiragana | むらた | ||||||
| Kyūjitai | 村田 | ||||||
| Shinjitai | 村田 | ||||||
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Renhō Saitō (斉藤 蓮舫, Saitō Renhō; née Hsieh (謝), formerly Murata (村田); born 28 November 1967), known mononymously as Renhō, is a Japanese politician and former journalist who served as member of the House of Councillors from 2004 to 2024. She was the leader of the now-defunct major opposition party, the Democratic Party from 2016 to 2017. Renhō was a candidate for the 2024 Tokyo gubernatorial election with the support of the Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP), Japanese Communist Party (JCP), and the Social Democratic Party (SDP), but was defeated by incumbent Yuriko Koike, placing third behind Shinji Ishimaru.