What is Takako Doi?
[[File:Takako Doi in Tokyo congressist election 2.jpg|thumb|Doi in July 2005.]] {{Nihongo|'''Takako Doi'''|土井 たか子|Doi Takako|extra=30 November 1928 &ndash; 20 September 2014}} was a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] [[politician]]. She was active from 1980 until her retirement in 2005. She also worked at National Parliament for Japan to sign the [[Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women]]. She was the [[Chairperson|Chair]] of the [[Social Democratic Party (Japan)|Japan Socialist Party]] from 1986 until 1991. On 6 August 1991, she became the first female speaker of the [[House of Representatives (Japan)|House of Representatives]]. She was the Chair of the [[Social Democratic Party (Japan)|Social Democratic Party]] from 1996 until 2003. Doi was born in [[Kobe]], [[Hyōgo Prefecture]]. She graduated from [[Doshisha University]], where she studied [[law]]. Doi died from [[pneumonia]] on 20 September 2014 in Hyōgo Prefecture, aged 85.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/09/28/national/politics-diplomacy/sdps-doi-nations-first-female-leader-of-major-japanese-political-party-dies-at-85/#.VCiW7vldU4w|title=SDP's Doi, nation's first female leader of major Japanese political party, dies at 85|newspaper=[[The Japan Times]]|date=28 September 2014|accessdate=28 September 2014|archive-date=13 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113060222/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/09/28/national/politics-diplomacy/sdps-doi-nations-first-female-leader-of-major-japanese-political-party-dies-at-85/#.VCiW7vldU4w|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/168059/Doi-Takako Takako Doi] at [http://www.britannica.com/ Encyclopædia Britannica] {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Doi, Takako}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Speakers of the House of Representatives (Japan)]] [[Category:Japanese lawyers]] [[Category:Politicians from Hyōgo Prefecture]]