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Yukiko Sakamoto

Yukiko Sakamoto
坂本 由紀子
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
26 July 2004 – 17 June 2009
Serving with Yuji Fujimoto
Preceded byToru Unno, Yoshihiko Yamashita
Succeeded byHirokazu Tsuchida
ConstituencyShizuoka at-large district
Parliamentary Secretary of Foreign Affairs
In office
29 August 2007 – 3 September 2007
Preceded byMidori Matsushima, Masakazu Sekiguchi, Masayoshi Hamada
Succeeded byMasakatsu Koike
Vice-Governor of Shizuoka Prefecture
In office
1996–1999
GovernorYoshinobu Ishikawa
Personal details
Born (1949-01-20) January 20, 1949 (age 75)
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party
EducationBachelor of Laws
Alma materTokyo University
OccupationMinistry of Health, Labour and Welfare bureaucrat

Yukiko Sakamoto (坂本 由紀子, Sakamoto Yukiko, born 20 January 1949) is a Japanese politician and bureaucrat from Mishima, Shizuoka. She was the first woman to be appointed vice-governor of Shizuoka Prefecture in 1996 and served one term in the House of Councillors in the National Diet from 2004 until 2009.


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