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Renhō

1967 - Today

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Renhō Saitō (斉藤 蓮舫, Saitō Renhō; née Hsieh (謝), formerly Murata (村田); born 28 November 1967), known mononymously as Renhō, is a Japanese politician and former journalist who has served as a member of the House of Councillors from 2004 to 2024, and again since 2025. She was the leader of the now-defunct major opposition party, the Democratic Party from 2016 to 2017. Renhō was a candidate for the 2024 Tokyo gubernatorial election with the support of the Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP), Japanese Communist Party (JCP), and the Social Democratic Party (SDP), but was defeated by incumbent Yuriko Koike, placing third behind Shinji Ishimaru. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Renhō is the 17,603rd most popular politician (down from 17,085th in 2019), the 2,119th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,735th in 2019) and the 350th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Renhō ranks 17,603 out of 19,576. Before her are Domingos Simões Pereira, Siaosi Sovaleni, Lot M. Morrill, Eli Yishai, Jo Benkow, and Jean-Pierre Bel. After her are Chidambaram Subramaniam, Red Kelly, Kalzeubet Pahimi Deubet, Peyton Randolph, Henry Sewell, and Coffi Codjia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Renhō ranks 457. Before her are Xavier Beauvois, Angelika Amon, Anderson Cooper, Olivier Dahan, Andrew Dominik, and Reid Hoffman. After her are James McTeigue, Ainars Bagatskis, Coffi Codjia, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Valeriy Heletey, and Mehmet Şimşek.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Renhō ranks 2,119 out of 6,245. Before her are Satsuki Yukino (1970), Miyuki Yanagita (1981), Yasuharu Sorimachi (1964), Toshiki Chino (1985), Keisuke Harada (1988), and Hiromi Ikeda (1975). After her are Yoichi Doi (1973), Go Ito (1994), Takeshi Nakashima (1976), Yudai Nakashima (1984), Mio Otani (1979), and Toru Yoshida (1965).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Renhō ranks 350. Before her are Seiji Maehara (1962), Tarō Kōno (1963), Kinuko Tanida (1939), Hiroshi Abe (1958), Yua Mikami (1993), and Yukio Edano (1964). After her are Seiko Noda (1960), Itsunori Onodera (1960), Tōru Hashimoto (1969), Shinjirō Koizumi (1981), Seiko Hashimoto (1964), and Taro Yamamoto (1974).

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