Yasue Funayama | |
|---|---|
舟山 康江 | |
_(cropped).jpg) Funayama in 2025 | |
| Member of theHouse of Councillors | |
| Assumed office 26 July 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Koichi Kishi |
| Constituency | Yamagata at-large |
| In office 29 July 2007 – 28 July 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Masatoshi Abe |
| Succeeded by | Mizuho Ōnuma |
| Constituency | Yamagata at-large |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1966-05-26)26 May 1966 (age 59) Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan |
| Political party | DPP (since 2020) |
| Other political affiliations |
|
| Alma mater | Hokkaido University |
Yasue Funayama (舟山 康江,Funayama Yasue; born May 26, 1966) is a Japanesepolitician and a member of theHouse of Councillors (Japan) in theDiet (national legislature).
Funayama is a native ofKoshigaya, Saitama. She graduated fromHokkaido University.
She worked at theMinistry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from 1990 until 2000.
In July 2004 Funayama contested theHouse of Councillors election as aDemocratic Party of Japan (DPJ) candidate in theYamagata At-large district but lost to the incumbent,Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) memberKoichi Kishi.
At theJuly 2007 election she again contested the Yamagata district as a DPJ candidate and was successful, claiming 57.3% of the vote.
Funayama served as a Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the cabinets of prime ministersYukio Hatoyama andNaoto Kan from September 2009 until September 2010.
In July 2012 Funayama resigned from the DPJ and formed theGreen Wind party with three other women Councillors. She sought reelection at theJuly 2013 election but lost to LDP candidateMizuho Onuma. Green Wind dissolved at the end of that year.
In December 2015 Funayama announced her intention to contest the2016 House of Councillors election as an independent.
 | This article about a Japanese politician born in the 1960s is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |