Makiko Kikuta
Japanese politician
Intro | Japanese politician | |
Places | Japan | |
is | Politician | |
Work field | Politics | |
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Birth | 24 October 1969, Kamo, Japan | |
Age | 55 years | |
Star sign | Scorpio | |
Politics: | Democratic Party Of Japan |
Makiko Kikuta (菊田 真紀子, Kikuta Makiko, born 24 October 1969) is a Japanese politician and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kamo, Niigata, she graduated from a high school in Kamo and studied in Heilongjiang University in China. After having served in the assembly of Kamo for two terms since 1995, she ran unsuccessfully for the Niigata-4th seat in the House of Representatives in 2000 as a member of Ichirō Ozawa's Liberal Party, which merged into the DPJ in 2003. She ran again in 2003 and was elected for the first time.