Tenkoko Sonoda
Tenkoko Sonoda | |
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Sonoda in 1949 | |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 1946–1947 | |
| Constituency | Tokyo 2nd district |
| In office 1947–1952 | |
| Constituency | Tokyo 7th district |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 January 1919 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | 29 January 2015 (aged 96) Tokyo, Japan |
Tenkōkō Sonoda (園田 天光光, Sonoda Tenkōkō; 23 January 1919 – 29 January 2015) was a Japanese politician who was a member of the Japanese Diet from 1946–1952. In 1950, she became the first woman in Japanese political history to have a baby while in office.