Fumiko Yoneyama

Fumiko Yoneyama
米山 文子
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 10 April 1946 – 31 March 1947
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Multi-member district
Constituency	Yamagata at-large
Personal details
Born	(1902-04-25)25 April 1902 Tokyo, Japan
Died	2 January 1998(1998-01-02) (aged 95)
Party	Democratic
Other political affiliations	Chudokai (1946–1947)
Alma mater	Tokyo Gakugei University

Fumiko Yoneyama (Japanese: 米山文子; 25 April 1902 – 2 January 1998) was a Japanese politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the House of Representatives in 1946.

Biography

Yoneyama was born in the Kojimachi ward of Tokyo in 1902. She attended Tokyo Women's Normal School, after which she worked as a primary school teacher. She married Hachiya Yoneyama and the couple were evacuated to Akayu in Yamagata Prefecture in 1944.

In 1945 she retired from teaching and joined the new Chudokai (Middle Way Society) party established by her husband and became head of its women's section. She contested the 1946 general elections as a Chudokai candidate in Yamagata, and was elected to the House of Representatives. She ran for re-election in 1947 as a Democratic Party candidate, but was unsuccessful.