Name Tadatomo Yoshida | Role Politician | |
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Born 7 March 1956 (age 68) Usuki, Oita Prefecture, Japan ( 1956-03-07 ) Profiles | ||
Tadatomo Yoshida (吉田 忠智, Yoshida Tadatomo, born December 24, 1955 in Usuki, Ōita Prefecture) is a Japanese politician. He was first elected in 2010 House of Councillors election. He previously served as a prefectural assembly member in Ōita Prefecture.
He ran for the SDP Chairmanship and defeated Tokyo City Toshima Ward Councilor Taiga Ishikawa, the first openly gay SDP elected politician, by a vote of 9986 to 2239 to win the party election on October 14, 2013. He was inaugurated on October 26, 2013 as SDP party leader.
After a disappointing result in the 2016 Upper House Election he announced his resignation as head of the party.
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