Takako Doi

Takako Doi
土井 たか子
Doi in 2005
Speaker of the House of Representatives
In office
6 August 1993  27 September 1996
MonarchAkihito
DeputyHyōsuke Kujiraoka
Preceded byYoshio Sakurauchi
Succeeded bySōichirō Itō
Chairwoman of the Social Democratic Party
In office
9 September 1986  31 July 1991
Preceded byMasashi Ishibashi
Succeeded byMakoto Tanabe
In office
28 September 1996  15 November 2003
Preceded byTomiichi Murayama
Succeeded byMizuho Fukushima
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
27 December 1969  8 August 2005
ConstituencyHyōgo 2nd (1969–1996)
Hyōgo 7th (1996–2003)
Kinki PR (2003–2005)
Personal details
Born(1928-11-30)30 November 1928
Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan
Died20 September 2014(2014-09-20) (aged 85)
Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Political partySocial Democratic
Other political
affiliations
Socialist

Takako Doi (土井 たか子, Doi Takako, 30 November 1928 – 20 September 2014) was a prominent Japanese politician from 1980 until her retirement in 2005. She was the first female Lower House Speaker in Japan, the highest position a female politician has ever held in the country's modern history, as well as the country's first female Opposition Leader.