2022.03.13 19:18Nation

北村春江氏死去　全国初の女性市長

　北村　春江氏（きたむら・はるえ＝元兵庫県芦屋市長、全国初の女性市長）１３日午前９時４４分、誤嚥（ごえん）性肺炎のため同県西宮市の病院で死去、９３歳。京都市出身。葬儀は１６日午前１１時３０分から芦屋市春日町１の３の芦屋マイトリーホールで。喪主は長男篤（あつし）氏。
　立命館大卒業後、弁護士や芦屋市教育委員長などを経て、１９９１年に芦屋市長に初当選。全国初の女性市長で、３期１２年務めた。在職中に阪神大震災が発生し、自らも被災する中、復興の陣頭指揮を執った。（2022/03/13-19:18）

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2022.03.13 19:18Nation

Japan's 1st Female Mayor Dies at 93

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Harue Kitamura, former mayor of the city of Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, and the first woman to serve as mayor of a Japanese city, died of aspiration pneumonia at a hospital in Hyogo on Sunday. She was 93.
   Kitamura was a native of the western city of Kyoto.
   After graduating from Ritsumeikan University, she worked as a lawyer and served as head of the education board of Ashiya.
   In 1991, Kitamura was elected Ashiya mayor. She served in the post for three terms, or 12 years, during which Hyogo was hit hard by the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake.
   Kitamura spearheaded reconstruction efforts while she herself suffered damage from the disaster.

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