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Date of birth: Dec. 11, 1973
LDP faction: Tsushima
Electoral district: Lower House;
Gunma No. 5 (third term)
The 34-year-old Obuchi becomes
the youngest ever to
hold a Cabinet position in the
postwar period, beating out
Seiko Noda, who became
posts minister at age 37.
Obuchi was first elected to
the Lower House in 2000 after
her father, Prime Minister
Keizo Obuchi, died that year.
After graduating from Seijo
University in Tokyo, she began
working at major broadcaster
TBS in 1996. After leaving
there in 1999, she went to
London to study English.
In September 2006, Obuchi
was appointed by Shinzo Abe
as parliamentary secretary
in the education ministry.
She married a television
producer in 2004 and had her
first child, a son, in September
2007. Her hobbies include
golf, watching plays and scuba
diving.
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