Takako Doi

was a Japanese politician. She was active from 1980 until her retirement in 2005. She also worked at National Parliament for Japan to sign the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. She was the Chair of the Japan Socialist Party from 1986 until 1991. On 6 August 1991, she became the first female speaker of the House of Representatives. She was the Chair of the Social Democratic Party from 1996 until 2003.

Doi was born in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture. She graduated from Doshisha University, where she studied law.

Doi died from pneumonia on 20 September 2014 in Hyōgo Prefecture, aged 85.

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Other websites

 Takako Doi at Encyclopædia Britannica

Category:1928 births
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Category:Speakers of the House of Representatives (Japan)
Category:Japanese lawyers
Category:Politicians from Hyōgo Prefecture
Category:Deaths from pneumonia