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Mieko Yoshimura (吉村 美栄子 Yoshimura Mieko born May 18 1951) is governor of Yamagata Prefecture Japan. She was elected on January 25 2009. She defeated the sitting governor of Yamagata Prefecture Hiroshi Saitō in an upset. A native of Ōe Yamagata she worked at a help-wanted advertising company before becoming a notary public for the city government of Yamagata. She soon became a member of Yamagata Prefecture’s Education Committee before running for governor in 2008.