高橋はるみ

Harumi Takahashi is a Japanese politician currently serving as a member of the House of Councillors, representing the Hokkaido constituency. Before entering national politics, she served as the Governor of Hokkaido for four terms from 2003 to 2019, becoming the first woman to hold that office in the prefecture's history. A former bureaucrat at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, she has held various government positions, including Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance. Her political career has focused on regional development, digital transformation, and infrastructure improvement in Hokkaido. She is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and has served as the director of the party's Women's Bureau.