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Ayuko Kato
加藤 鮎子
Official portrait, 2023
Minister of State for Special Missions Child Policy, Youth Empowerment, Declining Birthrate, Gender Equality
In office 13 September 2023 – 1 October 2024
Prime Minister	Fumio Kishida
Preceded by	Masanobu Ogura
Succeeded by	Junko Mihara
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 December 2014
Preceded by	Juichi Abe
Constituency	Yamagata 3rd
Personal details
Born	(1979-04-19) 19 April 1979 (age 45) Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Spouse	Kensuke Miyazaki ​ ​(m. 2006; div. 2009)​
Children	2
Parent	Koichi Kato (father)
Alma mater	Keio University

Ayuko Kato (加藤 鮎子, Katō Ayuko, born 17 April 1979) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) who is the current member of the House of Representatives for Yamagata 3rd district. She is currently serving as Minister of State in the Kishida Cabinet.

Kato was elected in the 2014 Japanese general election to the same seat as her father Koichi Kato, a longtime member of the House of Representatives for Yamagata Prefecture who had lost the seat in the 2012 general election. From 2006 to 2009, Kato was married to LDP politician Kensuke Miyazaki, who later served as member for Kyoto 3rd district from 2012 to 2016.

References

1. "Roster of winners in the single-seat constituencies". Japan Times. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
2. Martin, Alexander (15 December 2014). "More Women Elected in Japan, But Number Is Still Small". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
3. "Senior LDP politician Kato to retire". Japan Times. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2016.

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