Kinuyo Someya

Kinuyo Someya (染谷絹代, Someya Kinuyo, born 5 July 1954) is a Japanese politician. In 2013, she was elected mayor of Shimada City, becoming the first female mayor of the city, as well as one of the first female mayors of Shizuoka Prefecture.

 Life 
Someya was born in 1954 in Iwaki She was chairman of the Shimada school board.

Someya ran in the 2013 municipal elections for the city of Shimada, against incumbent mayor Katsurō Sakurai. She ran a long-term electoral campaign, focusing on the desire to change the city's institutions. She won the mayoral race, with a lead of 5,000 votes.

She was re-elected twice, in 2017, with 12,000 votes, and then in 2021, with a lead of more than 15,000 votes.

During her 2021 election campaign, she enjoyed broad popular support, after taking Covid-19 measures in Shimada. 

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Category:1954 births
Category:Living people
Category:Japanese mayors